This study is an investigation of the phonetics and phonology of word stress in Nigerian
English with emphasis on the Igbo accent. Set against the backdrop of the widely attested …

This study is an attempt to compare and contrast the sound systems of Kurdish and English
for pedagogical aims. The consonants, vowels, stress and intonation of the two languages …

Speech rhythm is language-specific, and provides important cues to language acquisition
and processing. Rhythm studies have mainly focused on European languages. The present …

This study investigated syllable duration as a measure of speech rhythm in the English
spoken by Hong Kong Cantonese speakers. A computer dataset of Hong Kong English …

An outline is given of the tone system common to all varieties of anglophone West African
Coastal English. These varieties are identified on two axes: a regional axis corresponding to …

1 The nature of dialect in South African English. A dialect study, such as this, is
predominantly an examination of variations in the speech of a community whose members …

This book sets out the sound systems of twelve Nigerian languages and English (both British
and American) in order to give teachers a better understanding of why students who are …

Die vraag of die Ngunitale eerder as'n toon-aksent (“pitch-accent”) taal of as'n toontaal
benader en beskryf behoort te word, word in hierdie artikel aangespreek.'n Toongebaseerde …