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Critical Studies in Indian Grammarians I

Madhav M. Deshpande

University of Michigan Press, 1975

In the historical study of the Indian grammarian tradition, a line of demarcation can often be drawn between the conformity of a system with the well-known grammar of Pāṇini and the explanatory effectiveness of that system. One element of Pāṇini’s grammar that scholars have sometimes struggled to bring across this line of demarcation is the theory of homogeneity, or sāvarṇya, which concerns the final consonants in Pāṇini’s reference catalog, as well as phonetic similarities between sounds. While modern Sanskrit scholars understand how to interpret and apply Pāṇini’s homogeneity, they still find it necessary to unravel the history of varying interpretations of the theory in subsequent grammars.

Madhav Deshpande’s The Theory of Homogeneity provides a thorough account of the historical development of the theory. Proceeding first to study this conception in the Pāṇinian tradition, Deshpande then passes on to other grammatical systems. Deshpande gives attention not only to the definitions of homogeneity in these systems but also the implementation of the theory in those respective systems. Even where definitions are identical, the concept may be applied quite differently, in which cases Deshpande examines by considering the historical relationships among the various systems.

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Phonetics and Diction in Singing

Italian, French, Spanish, German

Kurt Adler

University of Minnesota Press, 1967

Phonetics and Diction in Singing was first published in 1967. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

This book provides rules and illustrative examples for the study of songs and operas in the leading foreign languages of musical literature. The author is conductor and chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera. He has drawn the material from his larger book, The Art of Accompanying and Coaching,to provide a handbook or textbook especially suitable for use by voice teachers, singers, students in high schools, colleges, and schools of music, and members of choruses, church choirs, and opera workshops and their directors. Following a general discussion of phonetics and diction in singing there are separate chapters on Italian, French, Spanish, and German phonetics and diction. The text is illustrated with drawings and diagrams of vocal techniques and musical examples.

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Phonetics

A Critical Analysis of Phonetic Theory and a Technique for the Practical Description of Sounds

Kenneth L. Pike

University of Michigan Press, 1943

Phonetics by Kenneth L. Pike is a comprehensive investigation into the nuances of phonetic theory, rooted in years of practical experience analyzing non-Indo-European languages. Pike's work critically examines existing phonetic classifications and introduces a new framework for describing sounds, emphasizing the distinction between speech and non-speech sounds. The book meticulously defines and classifies phonetic elements such as phones, syllables, and vowels, providing a structured method for sound description based on their productive mechanisms. Pike's approach aims to strip away assumptions that have traditionally clouded phonetic analysis, advocating for a clearer, more precise exploration of sound production. This critical analysis extends to establishing a technic capable of dealing with both nonsense sounds and syllables, broadening the scope of phonetics beyond conventional boundaries. As part of a broader trilogy, Phonetics lays the groundwork for understanding the physical formation of sounds, positioning it as an essential resource for linguists and researchers committed to developing a deeper grasp of phonetic phenomena.

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Phonology as Human Behavior

Theoretical Implications and Clinical Applications

Yishai Tobin

Duke University Press, 1997

Phonology as Human Behavior brings work in human cognition, behavior, and communication to bear on the study of phonology—the theory of sound systems in language. Yishai Tobin extends the ideas of William Diver—an influential linguist whose investigations into phonology reflect the principle that language represents a constant search for maximum communication with minimal effort—as a part of a new theory of phonology as human behavior. Showing the far-reaching psycho- and sociolinguistic utility of this theory, Tobin demonstrates its applicability to the teaching of phonetics, text analysis, and the theory of language acquisition.
Tobin describes the methodological connection between phonological theory and phonetics by way of a comprehensive and insightful survey of phonology’s controversial role in twentieth-century linguistics. He reviews the work of Saussure, Jakobson, Troubetzkoy, Martinet, Zipf, and Diver, among others, and discusses issues in distributional phonology through analyses of English, Italian, Latin, Hebrew, and Yiddish. Using his theory to explain various functional and pathological speech disorders, Tobin examines a wide range of deviant speech processes in aphasia, the speech of the hearing-impaired, and other syndromes of organic origin. Phonology as Human Behavior provides a unique set of principles connecting the phylogeny, ontogeny, and pathology of sound systems in human language.

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Preliminaries to Linguistic Phonetics

Peter Ladefoged

University of Chicago Press, 1971

This book is about some of the phonetic events that occur in the languages of the world. The data described consist mainly of contrasts observable at the systematic phonetic level in a wide variety of languages.

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The Interaction of Tone with Voicing and Foot Structure

Evidence from Kera Phonetics and Phonology

Mary D. Pearce

CSLI, 2013

This book investigates the topics of tone, vowel harmony, and metrical structure, with special reference to Kera, a Chadic language spoken in Chad and Cameroon. Kera is a tone language where a change in the pitch of the word can make a difference to its meaning. Drawing on a decade of experience living and working with the Kera, Mary D. Pearce looks at both the phonetics and phonology to examine how tone interacts with the vowel quality and rhythm of the language. The implications arising from this research are relevant for phonologists and Africanists far beyond the boundaries of Chad and should be useful to anyone working on languages with interesting tonal and rhythmic properties.

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