New perspectives on English word stress / edited by Eiji Yamada [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yamada, Eiji, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Accents and accentuation.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

<i>New Perspectives on English Word Stress</i> explores the mechanism of word stress assignment in contemporary English from different methodological and theoretical perspectives. Comprising nine chapters, these approaches include a historical overview of the study of stress; the relationship between historic changes in stress and meaning; the relationship between spelling and stress; syllable weight and stress; the theoretical treatment of exceptions; stress mechanisms in Australian English; and stress in Singapore English. The book presents new data and provides the reader with access to various approaches to English word stress in phonology.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Appendixes

List of Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Theories, Data and Variation in English Word Stress

1 On the Treatment of English Word Stress within the Generative Tradition: History, Concepts and Debates

2 English Word Stress and the Guierrian School

3 Stress Placement in Etymologically Prefixed Disyllabic Noun-Verb Pairs Revisited: A Semantic and Diachronic Approach

4 English Phonology and the Literate Speaker: Some Implications for Lexical Stress

5 The Stress Patterns of English Verbs: Syllable Weight and Morphology

6 Lexical Stress in Varieties of Australian English: A Corpus-Based Exploration

7 Melodic Complexity and Lexical Stress in Singapore English: An Experimental Study

8 Input Optimization and Lexical Stress in English

9 A Solution to Theoretical Shortcomings in the Stress Assignment of Words in English

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Mar 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Yamada, Eiji New Perspectives on English Word Stress

ISBN:

9781399519953

1399519956

9781399519960

1399519964

OCLC:

1408682064