Studies in Systemic Phonology

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This is the first collection of studies to apply the theory and techniques of Systemic Linguistics to the topics of phonology: descriptions of the pronunciation systems of languages - consonants, vowels, word accent, rhythm, intonation - and applications in speech synthesis, genre studies and broadcasting. 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