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The origins of sound change is one of the oldest and most challenging questions in the study of language. The goal of this volume is to examine current approaches to sound change from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, including articulatory variation and modeling, speech perception mechanisms and neurobiological processes, geographical and social variation, and diachronic phonology. This diversity of perspectives contributes to a fruitful cross-fertilization across disciplines and represents an attempt to formulate converging ideas on the factors that lead to sound chan
Grammar, Comparative and general --- Linguistic universals --- Language and languages --- Linguistic change. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Phonologie --- Universaux (Linguistique) --- Variation (Linguistique) --- Changement linguistique --- Sociolinguistique --- Phonology. --- Variation. --- Grammaire --- Universaux (linguistique) --- Variation linguistique --- Linguistic universals. --- Articulatie. --- Diachronische fonologie. --- Geluid. --- Klankverschuiving. --- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology. --- Language and languages -- Variation. --- Linguistic change --- Sociolinguistics --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Phonology --- Variation --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Universals (Linguistics) --- Typology (Linguistics) --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Historical linguistics --- Characterology of speech --- Language diversity --- Language subsystems --- Language variation --- Linguistic diversity --- Variation in language --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Universals --- Phonologie. --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Phonology
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This paper explores the concept of linguistic rhythm classes through a series of studies exploiting metrics designed to quantify speech rhythm. We compared the rhythm of 'syllable-timed' French and Spanish with that of 'stress-timed' Dutch and English, finding that rate-normalised metrics of vocalic interval variability (VarcoV and nPVI-V), together with a measure of the balance of vocalic and intervocalic intervals (%V), were the most discriminant between the two rhythm groups. The same metrics were also informative about the adaptation of speakers to rhythmically-similar (Dutch and English) or rhythmically-distinct (Spanish and English) second languages, and showed evidence of rhythmic gradience within accents of British English. Patterns of scores in all studies support the notion that rhythmic typology is not strictly categorical. A perceptual study found VarcoV to be the strongest predictor of the rating of a second language speaker's accent as native or non-native.
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