More on the voicing of English obstruents: voicing retention vs. voicing loss

In Gonet (2010), one of the present authors found out that English word-final phonologically voiced obstruents in the voicing-favouring environment exhibit asymmetrical, if not erratic, behaviour in that voicing in plosives is most often retained while in fricatives voicing retention concerns only about 1/3 of the cases, with the other possibilities (partial and complete devoicing) occurring in almost equal proportions. The present study is an attempt at exploring the intricacies of devoicing in English to examine to what extent the general tendency towards obstruent devoicing is overridden by voicing retention triggered by adjacent voiced segments both within words and across word boundaries. This study is based on a relatively large knowledge base obtained from recordings of spontaneous R. P. pronunciation

Dynamic Targets in the Acquisition of L2 English Vowels

This paper presents acoustic data on the dynamic properties of the FLEECE and TRAP vowels in the speech of two groups of Polish users of English. Results reveal that the more proficient group users, made up of teachers and professors with professional-level proficiency in English, produce more dramatic patterns of formant movement, reminiscent of native productions, than first year students. It is argued that vowel inherent spectral change (VISC) is an inherent aspect of English phonology, originated in interactions between vowels and neighboring consonants, and later generalized to the vowel system as a whole. By contrast, Polish is a language with a minimal role of VISC. Consequently, successful acquisition of L2 English vowels involves not only the mastery of vowels in F1- F2 space, but also formant trajectories over time

Hunting model in Poland and its assesment in the light of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and the Convention for the Protecion of Human Rights

Praca przedstawia syntetycznie model łowiectwa w Polsce i dokonuje jego oceny prawnej na podstawie wybranych orzeczeń Trybunału Konstytucyjnego oraz Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka.The master thesis presents synthetically the hunting model in Poland and evaluates it on the basis of the selected judgments of the polish Constitutional Court and European Court of the Human Right

Fusing the electromagnetic articulograph, high-speed video cameras and a 16-channel microphone array for speech analysis

Electromagnetic articulography (EMA) is one of the instrumental phonetic research methods used for recording and assessing articulatory movements. Usually, articulographic data are analysed together with standard audio recordings. This paper, however, demonstrates how coupling the articulograph with devices providing other types of information may be used in more advanced speech research. A novel measurement system is presented that consists of the AG 500 electromagnetic articulograph, a 16-channel microphone array with a dedicated audio recorder and a video module consisting of 3 high-speed cameras. It is argued that synchronization of all these devices allows for comparative analyses of results obtained with the three components. To complement the description of the system, the article presents innovative data analysis techniques developed by the authors as well as preliminary results of the system’s accuracy

English Language

This chapter has thirteen sections: 1. General; 2. History of English Linguistics; 3. Phonetics and Phonology; 4. Morphology; 5. Syntax; 6. Semantics; 7. Lexicography, Lexicology and Lexical Semantics; 8. Dialectology and Sociolinguistics; 9. New Englishes and Creolistics; 10. Second Language Acquisition. 11. English as a Lingua Franca; 12. Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis; 13. Stylistics. Section 1 is by Robert A. Cloutier; section 2 is by Anita Auer; section 3 is by Radosław Święciński; sections 4 and 5 are by Phillip Wallage and Gea Dreschler; section 6 is by Beáta Gyuris; section 7 is by Kathryn Allan; section 8 is by Lieselotte Anderwald; section 9 is by Alexander Kautzsch; section 10 is by Tihana Kraš; section 11 is by Alessia Cogo, Tian Gan, and Ida Parise; section 12 is by Charlotte Taylor; section 13 is by Agnes Marszalek

I. English Language

This chapter has thirteen sections: 1. General; 2. History of English Linguistics; 3. Phonetics and Phonology; 4. Morphology; 5. Syntax; 6. Semantics; 7. Lexicography, Lexicology, and Lexical Semantics; 8. Onomastics; 9. Dialectology and Sociolinguistics; 10. New Englishes and Creolistics; 11. Second Language Acquisition. 12. English as a Lingua Franca; 13. Stylistics. Section 1 is by Robert A. Cloutier and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza; section 2 is by Nuria Yáñez-Bouza; section 3 is by Radosław Święciński; sections 4 and 5 are by Gea Dreschler and Sune Gregersen; section 6 is by Beáta Gyuris; section 7 is by Kathryn Allan; section 8 is by Maggie Scott; section 9 is by Lieselotte Anderwald; section 10 is by Alexander Kautzsch and Sven Leuckert; section 11 is by Tihana Kraš; section 12 is by Alessia Cogo, Tian Gan, and Ida Parise; section 13 is by Jessica Norledge