Wissenschaftliche Literatur Phonology

Michał Grzegorz Baran

Welsh as a Fortis-Lenis Language

PHILOLOGIA – Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

The book entitled “Welsh as a Fortis-Lenis Language” presents the results of a study on the laryngeal system of the Welsh consonants. The analysis of the laryngeal system in Welsh is conducted on the basis of phonetic evidence, phonological facts and a brief comparison with the laryngeal system operating in English. The main conclusion is that the Welsh language exhibits a fortis-lenis distinction of consonants complemented with some further phonologically distinctive…

Malgorzata Sokól (ed.)

Linguistics Across Culture 3

PHILOLOGIA – Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

Linguistics Across Culture 3 is a collection of articles that offer new discoveries and important analytical and conceptual work in the areas of cognitive linguistics, onomastics, discourse analysis, translation studies and phonology. In this way, the volume reflects a wide scope of current research interests and themes of language scholars from the English Department, Szczecin University, Poland, and is a continuation of the previous two volumes in the series. The…

Mathew Kinyua Karia

Analysis of Dysarthric Speech After a Traumatic Brain Injury

A Gestural Approach

PHILOLOGIA – Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

This book focuses on two aspects: consonant production and intonation in dysarthric speech following a traumatic brain injury. The book discusses the deterioration in consonant production as well as deviant prosody in dysarthric speech. Plosives are investigated since imprecision in the production of plosives is a major occurrence in dysarthria. More specifically, this book focuses on the analysis of incomplete oral closures and deterioration of the coordination of the…

Julia Analena Hollmann

Language & the Brain: The Neural Basis of Foreign Language Proficiency

Angewandte Linguistik aus interdisziplinärer Sicht

The heart of this book is constituted by the scientific discipline of neurolinguistics. The fascinating field of neurolinguistics encompasses the study of the neural mechanisms in the human brain that control the comprehension, production, and acquisition of a native or foreign language. Neurolinguistic research examines the underlying mechanisms of all the major subcategories of language in the brain, e.g. syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, or…