Studies in Systemic Phonology.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- From Prosodic Analysis to Systemic Phonology -- 01 Introduction: 'Sounds and Prosodies' (Firth, 1948) -- 02 Prosodic analysis -- 03 Systemic Phonology -- Postscript: a note to the reader -- References -- Part I: Segments and syllables -- 1. Towards a systemic account of Gooniyandi segmental phonology -- 1.1 Introduction1 -- 1.1.1 Preliminary remarks -- 1.1.2 Outline description of Gooniyandi phonology -- 1.2 Systems of phonological features -- 1.3 System networks for Gooniyandi phonemes -- 1.3.1 Manner system -- 1.3.2 Consonantal localization system -- 1.3.3 Vocalic system -- 1.3.4 Summary -- 1.4 Phonemes, features and prosodies -- 1.5 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 2. English consonant clusters: a systemic approach -- 2.1 Syllable structure -- 2.2 Systems -- 2.3 Structure in the consonant cluster -- 2.4 Inflectional morphemes -- 2.5 Centre and accretions in a cluster -- 2.6 The table of C[sup(2)] items -- 2.7 I'm going to see the prints of Wales: transition or stop? -- 2.8 The network of C[sup(2)] systems -- 2.9 C[sup(1)] items -- 2.10 Realization rules -- References -- 3 Length in Telugu -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Historical perspective -- 3.3 Length as a prosody -- 3.4 Perceptual plausibility -- References -- 4 The pharyngealization system in Algerian Spoken Arabic -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Modern standard Arabic phonology: an overview -- 4.3 Algerian Spoken Arabic -- 4.4 ASA phonological analysis -- 4.4.1 ASA vocalic system -- 4.5 Emphasis -- References -- 5. Systems for open syllabics in North Welsh -- References -- 6. A systemic interpretation of Peking syllable finals -- References -- 7. Non-segmental phonology and variable rules: investigating variation in Singapore Mandarin nasal finals -- 7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Focus of this study -- 7.3 The variable -- 7.4 The analysis -- 7.5 Results -- 7.6 Discussion of results -- 7.6.1 A segmental view -- 7.6.2 Segmental phonology and variable rules -- 7.6.3 A non-segmental view -- 7.6.4 Phonetic realizations of nasal rhymes in Singapore Mandarin -- 7.6.5 in and ing -- 7.6.6 Underdifferentiation and phonetic difference -- 7.7 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Tones and tonality -- 8. An instrumental analysis of English nuclear tones -- 8.1 Single Tones[sup(3)] -- 8.1.1 Tone 1 -- 8.1.2 Tone 2 -- 8.1.3 Tone 3 -- 8.2 Complex tones -- 8.2.1 U-shaped Tone 3 -- 8.2.2 Fall-rise Tone 2 -- 8.2.3 Tone 4 -- 8.2.4 Tone 5 -- 8.3 Compound Tones[sup(8)] -- 8.3.1 Listing tones -- 8.4 Summary of phonological findings -- Technical endnote -- Notes -- References -- 9. Tone and the status of information -- 9.1 Dependent and independent units of intonation -- 9.2 Incomplete information -- 9.3 Minor information -- 9.4 Thematic marking -- 9.5 Implication -- 9.6 Commentary on tone analysis -- References -- 10. Tone groups and reported speech in Swahili -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Part III: Discourse and new directions -- 11. Monostratal phonology and speech synthesis -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 The TGP model -- 11.3 Consequence of monostratal, structured, monotonic phonology -- 11.4 Relations as phonological primes -- 11.5 Relational phonology and the synthesis driver -- 11.6 Recent developments in monostratal phonology -- References -- 12. Language as tranquilizer: a phonostylistic study of some -- 12.1 Preamble -- 12. 2. Performance -- 12.3 Phonological analysis -- 12.4. Phonostructural patterns -- 12.5 Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- 13. Prosodic cohesion in a systemic perspective: Philip Larkin reading 'Toads Revisited' -- 13.1 Reference -- 13.2 Substitution and ellipsis -- 13.3 Conjunction -- 13.4 Lexis.

13.5 Phonological cohesion -- 13.6 Given before the Tonic -- 13.7 Contrastiveness -- 13.8 'Compatible', 'surprising' and 'better' -- 13.9 Tone scheme -- Notes -- References -- 14. Rhythm and social context: accent and juncture in the speechof professional radio announcers -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Accent -- 14.3 Juncture -- 14.4 A corpus of radio-announcing speech -- 14.4.1 Newsreading -- 14.4.2 Disc jockey speech -- 14.4.3 Commercials -- 14.5 Newsreading -- 14.6 Disc jockey speech -- 14.7 Commercials -- 14.8 Rhythm and social context -- 14.9 Linguistics and social context -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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