Download or read book Acquisition of Polish Nasal Vowel Syllables by Native English Speakers written by Krystyna Sulima and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A few generations of phonologists dealing with Polish have been struggling to find the true nature of the Polish nasal vowel. The strongest earlier claims postulated that Polish has no nasal vowels at all. The newer studies, however, suggest that phonemic nasal vowels are present in Polish phonology. Their behavior has been connected to their status in the syllable. Recently, data from second languages has been used to make conclusions about the phonology of native languages. This paper draws heavily on the works of Czaykowska-Higgins and Bethin with respect to the Polish nasal vowels and Osburne with respect to findings on the L1 throughout the L2. Nevertheless, this work is innovative since L2 Polish has not been studied at all, let alone in order to make conclusions about native Polish. The findings of this study, which compares the Polish of native speakers with the second language speech of native English speakers, confirm the phonemic status of the Polish nasal vowels in the native speech of Polish speakers. A new underlying structure of the Polish nasal vowel is postulated and, based on it, descriptions of the processes involving the Polish nasal vowels are provided. Furthermore, this study provides important insights from the perspective of the second language, and not only into Polish phonology. Most importantly, it allows us to draw conclusions with regard to the syllable structure in Universal Grammar. An unassociated X-position, called an empty slot, is postulated to be present underlyingly in the syllable structure in the mind of native Polish speakers, and perhaps speakers of other languages as well. The structure of this thesis is as follows. Chapter one is preliminary to the empirical study and presents a phonological analysis of the Polish nasal vowels and nasal consonants. This information is used in the discussion of the present state of knowledge of the Polish nasal vowels as established by consecutive phonological schools--Acquisition of Polish nasal vowel syllable by native English speakers 2 structuralism, standard generative phonology, and non-linear syllable-based phonology. The work of many authors who have suggested analyses of the Polish nasal vowels is considered. The presentation gives a comprehensive overview of all relevant issues before an attempt can be made to find the reasons for the differences in pronunciation of the nasal vowels by L1 and L2 Polish speakers; it is important to establish the phonological status of the nasal vowels before considering their pronunciation and representation by different groups of speakers. Chapter two contains the hypothesis followed by the actual empirical study. The tests, methods, and results are all presented. Based on the results of the study, a new analysis of the Polish nasal vowel is proposed involving a new underlying form, and this is applied to the explanation of the facts introduced in Chapter one. Chapter two concludes with a discussion of the results of the study. The importance of the study for both theoretical phonology and inter language phonology is considered.
Download or read book Syllable Elision written by Deborah Ward Roney and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bi and Multilingualism from Various Perspectives of Applied Linguistics written by Zofia Chłopek and published by V&R Unipress. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume comprises 16 chapters – both research papers and theoretical contributions – grouped in three thematic sections. The chapters in the first part, entitled "Discourse Communities: Languages in Contact," adopt a social and/or historical perspective on bi-/multilingualism. The contributions in the second part, entitled "Languages in the Mind: Language Development and Language Use," view issues related to bi- and multilingualism from psycholinguistic and psychological perspectives. The chapters comprising the third part, "Language Education: Supporting Multilingual Development," adopt a broadly understood didactic perspective on bi-/multilingualism.
Download or read book Nasal Vowels in Contemporary Standard Polish written by Maria Zagórska Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Polish Syllables written by Christina Yurkiw Bethin and published by Slavica Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teaching and Researching English Accents in Native and Non native Speakers written by Ewa Waniek-Klimczak and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second language phonology is approached in this book from the perspective of data-based studies into the English sound system as used by native and non-native speakers of the language. The book offers a unique combination of psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and pedagogical approaches, with individual contributions investigating the effect of selected conditioning factors on the pronunciation of English. With all the richness of approaches, it is a strong phonetic background that unifies individual contributions to the volume. Thus, the book contains a large body of original, primary research which will be of interest to experienced scientist, practitioners and lecturers as well as graduate students planning to embark on empirical methods of investigating the nature of the sound system
Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics written by Danko Šipka and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 1177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The linguistic study of the Slavic language family, with its rich syntactic and phonological structures, complex writing systems, and diverse socio-historical context, is a rapidly growing research area. Bringing together contributions from an international team of authors, this Handbook provides a systematic review of cutting-edge research in Slavic linguistics. It covers phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, lexicology, and sociolinguistics, and presents multiple theoretical perspectives, including synchronic and diachronic. Each chapter addresses a particular linguistic feature pertinent to Slavic languages, and covers the development of the feature from Proto-Slavic to present-day Slavic languages, the main findings in historical and ongoing research devoted to the feature, and a summary of the current state of the art in the field and what the directions of future research will be. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students in theoretical linguistics, linguistic typology, sociolinguistics and Slavic/East European Studies.
Download or read book A Contrastive Analysis of Polish and Japanese Phonemic and Phonetic Systems written by Alfred F. Majewicz and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Child Language Acquisition written by Ben Ambridge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is children's language acquisition based on innate linguistic structures or built from cognitive and communicative skills? This book summarises the major theoretical debates in all of the core domains of child language acquisition research (phonology, word-learning, inflectional morphology, syntax and binding) and includes a complete introduction to the two major contrasting theoretical approaches: generativist and constructivist. For each debate, the predictions of the competing accounts are closely and even-handedly evaluated against the empirical data. The result is an evidence-based review of the central issues in language acquisition research that will constitute a valuable resource for students, teachers, course-builders and researchers alike.
Download or read book Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Japanese Linguistics written by Yoko Hasegawa and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 1146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The linguistic study of Japanese, with its rich syntactic and phonological structure, complex writing system, and diverse sociohistorical context, is a rapidly growing research area. This book, designed to serve as a concise reference for researchers interested in the Japanese language and in typological studies of language in general, explores diverse characteristics of Japanese that are particularly intriguing when compared with English and other European languages. It pays equal attention to the theoretical aspects and empirical phenomena from theory-neutral perspectives, and presents necessary theoretical terms in clear and easy language. It consists of five thematic parts including sound system and lexicon, grammatical foundation and constructions, and pragmatics/sociolinguistics topics, with chapters that survey critical discussions arising in Japanese linguistics. The Cambridge Handbook of Japanese Linguistics will be welcomed by general linguists, and students and scholars working in linguistic typology, Japanese language, Japanese linguistics and Asian Studies.
Download or read book Conditions for the Acquisition of English Word stress by Native Speakers of Polish written by Agata Anna Barańska-Szczepaniak and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nasal Vowel Evolution in Romance written by Rodney Sampson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wide range of philological and linguistic materials, Rodney Sampson provides for the first time a detailed comparative study tracing the rise and pattern of the evolution of nasal vowels in Romance; a family of language in which vowel nasalization has been richly represented. Developments across all the standard varieties and some non-standard varieties are considered, enabling broad characteristics of vowel nasalization in Romance to be identified.
Download or read book Quarks Elephants Pierogi written by Mikołaj Gliński and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Can you distil the essence of a country into just 100 words? We think so. 'Quarks, Elephants & Pierogi: Poland in 100 Word' will make you fall in love with a country with one of the most unusual histories out there. It'll also show you how languages intersect and whole cultures arise, and make you realise just how interwoven our world is. Along the way, you'll find out why quarks are made from curd cheese, learn what elephants have to do with a Central European country, and discover how pierogi saved an entire town. Plus, you'll get to enjoy 100 illustrations by Polish graphic designer Magda Burdzyńska"--Back cover.
Download or read book Nasal vowels in contemporary standard Polish written by Maria Zagórska Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Practical English Phonetics and Phonology written by Beverley Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible ‘two-dimensional’ structure is built around four sections – Introduction, Development, Exploration and Extension – which offer self-contained stages for study. Revised and updated throughout, this fourth edition of Practical English Phonetics and Phonology: presents the essentials of the subject and their day-to-day applications in an engaging and accessible manner; covers all the core concepts of phonetics and phonology, such as the phoneme, syllable structure, production of speech, vowel and consonant possibilities, glottal settings, stress, rhythm, intonation and the surprises of connected speech; incorporates classic readings from key names in the discipline; outlines the sound systems of six key languages from around the world (Spanish, French, Italian, German, Polish and Japanese); is accompanied by a brand-new companion website which hosts a collection of samples provided by genuine speakers of 25 accent varieties from Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore and West Africa, as well as transcriptions, further study questions, answer keys, links to further reading and numerous recordings to accompany activities in the book. This edition has been completely reorganised and new features include: updated descriptions of the sounds of modern English and the adoption of the term General British (GB); considerable expansion of the treatment of intonation, including new recordings; and two new readings by David Crystal and John Wells. Written by authors who are experienced teachers and researchers, this best-selling textbook will appeal to all students of English language and linguistics and those training for a certificate in TEFL.
