Sociophonetics

A Student's Guide

Marianna Di Paolo (University of Utah, USA), Malcah Yaeger-Dror

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Routledge
27 October 2010

Sociolinguistics; Phonetics, phonology

Sociophonetics: a student's guide provides a practical 'how-to' manual that will give students a clear understanding of the technical and theoretical advances in acoustic phonetics, speech perception, and recording technology which is essential for sociolinguistic research. Balancing theory, practical information and research protocol, this book: Covers the key methodological, technical and procedural information needed to undertake sociophonetic research Includes contributions from key academics and ground-breaking researchers Incorporates exercises and projects in each chapter Has a companion website that provides additional materials for students and professors, featuring exercises, links to on-line sources for specific tools and includes a large selection of audio and video clips. Sociophonetics is essential reading for graduate students and researchers with interests in sociophonetics, phonology and for those undertaking research projects in applied linguistics.

Edited by: Marianna Di Paolo (University of Utah USA), Malcah Yaeger-Dror
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9780415498791
ISBN 10: 0415498791
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 27 October 2010
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Field Methods: gathering data, creating a corpus, and reporting your work 3. Making a Field Recording 4. Transcription 5. Issues in Using Legacy Data 6. Analyzing Stops 7. Analyzing Liquids 8. Analyzing Vowels 9. More on Vowels: Plotting and Normalization 10. Analyzing Prosody: Best Practices for the Analysis of Prosody 11. Acoustical Analysis of Voice Quality for Sociophonetic Purposes 12. Experimental Speech Perception and Perceptual Dialectology 13. Working with Children 14. Ascertaining Word Classes 15. Checking for Reliability 16. Statistical Analysis References

Marianna Di Paolo is currently Associate Professor at the University of Utah where she has served as Director of the Linguistics Program (1993-1999) and then as the first Chair of the Department of Linguistics (1999-2005). Her primary research interest has been variation and change in the English of the Intermountain West with a concentration on on-going phonetic and phonological changes in the vowels of this region. Malcah Yaeger-Dror is currently a research scientist at the University of Arizona. Her primary research interests include the analysis of disagreement strategies keynoting prosodic variation and the analysis of the cognitive underpinnings which can reveal whether a given 'change' produced by a speaker is from 'above' or 'below' the speaker's 'level of awareness'.

Reviews for Sociophonetics: A Student's Guide

"""This exquisite student's guide takes the beginner from the first steps in fieldwork and acoustics to the more advanced topics of sociophonetics.a It is written by leading scholars known for their student-friendly stance at workshops at international conferences.a I will be using it for years to comeaas a set text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, and in fine-tuning my own work in this fast-growing research area."" - Rajend Mesthrie, University of Cape Town, South Africa.aa ""The book is a rich source of information on methodologies of sociophonetic analysis, with information ranging from the basics of data collection to the most advanced computational techniques. The editors have done a remarkable job of putting together a variety of papers on phonetic, acoustic, and statistical analyses and linking them effectively to social factors such as speaker, age, purpose (i.e. normal speech or formal interviews), role, and context."" -- Seetha Jayaraman, Dhofar University, LINGUIST List"