Overview
New Perspectives on English Word Stress explores the mechanism of word stress assignment in contemporary English from different methodological and theoretical perspectives. Comprising nine chapters, these approaches include a historical overview of the study of stress; the relationship between historic changes in stress and meaning; the relationship between spelling and stress; syllable weight and stress; the theoretical treatment of exceptions; stress mechanisms in Australian English; and stress in Singapore English. The book presents new data and provides the reader with access to various approaches to English word stress in phonology.
- | Author: Eiji Yamada
- | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- | Publication Date: May 31, 2025
- | Number of Pages: 00352 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1399519948
- | ISBN-13: 9781399519946
