Towards a history of phonetics

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

Towards a history of phonetics

edited by R.E. Asher and Eugénie J.A. Henderson

Edingurgh University Press, 1981

  • : hard
  • : pbk

Available at  / 58 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

"Papers contributed in honour of David Abercrombie"--P. [i]

"Bibliography : the published works of David Abercrombie" / Elizabeth Uldall: p. 283-288

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents of Works

  • Early views of distinctive features / Victoria A. Fromkin and P. Ladefoged
  • The Kazan' School and London School / K.H. Albrow
  • Observations on the recent history of vowel classification / J.C. Catford
  • Early descriptions of nasality / J.A. Kemp
  • Experimental studies in lingual coarticulation / W.J. Hardcastle
  • Consonant rounding in British English : the status of phonetic descriptions as historical data / Gillian Brown
  • The analysis of vocal quality : from the classical period to the twentieth century / J. Laver
  • The keen prosodic ear : a comparison of the notations of rhythm of Josua Steele, William Thomson and Morris Croll / Magdalena Sumera
  • The Greek contribution to the history of phonetics / W.S. Allen
  • The origin and early development of Chinese phonological theory / M.A.K. Halliday
  • The devising and adoption of the Chinese phonetic symbols (zhùyīn fúhào) / Nien-Chuang T. Chang
  • Three trends in phonetics : the development of phonetics as a discipline in Germany since the nineteenth century / K. Kohler
  • An autobiographical note on phonetics / K.L. Pike
  • The phonetic theory of John Thelwall (1764-1834) / R. Thelwall
  • Extending the Roman alphabet : some orthographic experiments of the past four centuries / David Abercrombie
  • Arabic and Roman writing systems for Swahili / Joan Maw
  • The 1847 alphabet : and episode of phonotypy / J. Kelly
  • Henry Sweet's system of shorthand / M.K.C. MaCmahon

Details

Page Top