Variation and Gradience in Phonetics and Phonology

by Ruben van de Vijver and Caroline Féry

This book provides an overview of current issues in variation and gradience in phonetics, phonology and sociolinguistics. It contributes to the growing interest in gradience and variation in theoretical phonology by combing research on the factors underlying variability and systematic quantitative results with theoretical phonological considerations. Variation is inherent to language, and one of the aims of phonological theory is to describe and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311021931X
• ISBN13: 9783110219319
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary