Paperback. 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. The study of English word stress: New perspectives on its history, current state and issues. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: New Perspectives on English Word Stress (Paperback)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
Publication Date: 2025
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1399519948
ISBN 13: 9781399519946
Binding: Paperback
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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.

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Eiji Yamada is Professor of English Linguistics at Fukuoka University, Japan

Anne Przewozny is Professor of English Linguistics at Toulouse Jean-Jaur�s University, France

Jean-Michel Fournier is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Tours, France

Nicolas Ballier is Professor of English Linguistics at Universit� Paris Cit�, France

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