Since its first publication in 1962, Gimson's Pronunciation of English has been the essential
reference book for anyone studying or teaching the pronunciation of English. This eighth …

Sociophonetics–the interface of sociolinguistics and phonetics–is a field that has expanded
rapidly in recent years. A subject that requires both methodological and theoretical …

Voice onset time (VOT) is known to vary with place of articulation. For any given place of
articulation there are differences from one language to another. Using data from multiple …

In this article we define and illustrate sociophonetic variation within speech, highlighting
both its pervasiveness and also the relatively minor role it has played in the development of …

German is well known for its neutralization of the voicing contrast in word-final obstruents.
However, acoustic analysis of ten pairs of German words produced by ten native speakers …

This work illustrates a number of general characteristics of the dynamical ap-proach to
cognition. For example, it rejects the fraditional assumptions that cognitive processes and …

Adults have difficulty discriminating many non-native speech contrasts, yet young infants
discriminate both native and non-native contrasts. Language-specific constraints appear by …

Earlier studies suggest that the neutralization of the voicing contrast in word pairs like Bund
and Bunt is incomplete, but further research is required to evaluate the competing …

This chapter surveys phonological variation in English from a wide range of perspectives. I
draw on the methods and findings of several academic traditions, especially phonetics …

Phonetics interfaces with phonology in three ways. First, phonetics defines distinctive
features. Second, phonetics explains many phonological patterns. These two interfaces …