Patterns of Sounds (Cambridge Studies in Speech Science and Communication)

Maddieson Maddieson

ISBN 10: 0521113261 / ISBN 13: 9780521113267

Editore: Cambridge University Press 2009-03-30, 2009

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Titolo: Patterns of Sounds (Cambridge Studies in ...

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press 2009-03-30

Data di pubblicazione: 2009

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: New

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Describes the frequency and distributional patterns of the phonemic sounds in a large and representative sample of the world's languages.

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Patterns of Sounds describes the frequency and distributional patterns of the phonemic sounds in a large and representative sample of the world's languages. The results are based on UPSID, a computer file containing the phonemes of 317 languages selected on the basis of genetic diversity. The book contains nine chapters analysing the UPSID data, as well as fully labelled phoneme charts.