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Speech Rhythm in Learner and Second Language Varieties of English

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Editors:
  1. Robert Fuchs

    1. Department of English, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Presents cutting-edge research on the production and perception of speech rhythm by speakers of English
  • Combines analysis of the perception and production of speech rhythm
  • Examines the sociolinguistic context of variation in speech rhythm

Part of the book series: Prosody, Phonology and Phonetics (PRPHPH)

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This book presents cutting-edge research on the production and perception of speech rhythm by speakers of English in countries where it is used as a foreign language or an institutionalised second language (also sometimes known as the Expanding and Outer Circles). It contributes to a better understanding of speech rhythm, which has long been recognised as an important supra-segmental category of speech, focusing on its relevance in World Englishes, Second Language Acquisition and learner varieties of English, as well as the sociolinguistic and perceptual significance of this phonological variable.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. A Synthesis of Research on Speech Rhythm in Native, Learner and Second Language Varieties of English—Introduction to the Volume

    • Robert Fuchs
    Pages 1-14

  3. Second Language Varieties of English

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Investigating (Rhythm) Variation in Indian English: An Integrated Approach

      • Olga Maxwell, Elinor Payne
      Pages 17-57

    3. Rhythmic Contrast in Marathi English and Telugu English

      • Giuliana Regnoli
      Pages 59-77

    4. Rhythmic Patterns of Malaysian English Speakers

      • Stefanie Pillai, Anussyia Muthiah, Wan Ahmad Wan Aslynn
      Pages 79-93

  4. Learner Varieties of English

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Speech Rhythm, Length of Residence and Language Experience: A Longitudinal Investigation

      • Donald White, Peggy Mok
      Pages 97-122

    3. (Re-)viewing the Acquisition of Rhythm in the Light of L2 Phonological Theories

      • Lukas Sönning
      Pages 123-157

    4. Monolingual-Bilingual (Non-)convergence in L3 Rhythm

      • Christina Domene Moreno, Barış Kabak
      Pages 159-184

  5. Measuring Rhythm

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Rhythm Metrics and the Perception of Rhythmicity in Varieties of English as a Second Language

      • Robert Fuchs
      Pages 187-210

    3. Novel Methods for Characterising L2 Speech Rhythm

      • Chris Davis, Jeesun Kim
      Pages 211-229
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of English, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Robert Fuchs

About the editor

Dr. Robert Fuchs is an Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Hamburg, Germany. He has previously held positions in Hong Kong and at the Universities of Münster and Augsburg, Germany. His research focuses on acoustic phonetics and laboratory phonology, corpus linguistics, corpus-assisted discourse analysis, varieties of English and learner English. In 2016, he was awarded the Richard M. Hogg Prize by the International Society for the Linguistics of English.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Speech Rhythm in Learner and Second Language Varieties of English

  • Editors: Robert Fuchs

  • Series Title: Prosody, Phonology and Phonetics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8940-7

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-8939-1Published: 19 August 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-8942-1Published: 20 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-8940-7Published: 18 August 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2197-8700

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-8719

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 229

  • Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Phonology and Phonetics, Language Acquisition and Development

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