Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Table of Figures ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Is there rythm in speech? 5
6. II. Discovering rythm in English speech 37
7. III. The hierachical organization of speech rythm 79
8. IV. Analyzing speech rythm at turn transitions 115
9. V. Accounting for speech rythm at turn transitions 163
10. VI. Interpreting speech rythm at sequence-external junctures 197
11. VII. Interpreting speech rythm at seuqnce-internal junctures 221
12. VIII. Interpreting speech rytm in specific activity sequences 269
13. Conclusion 297
14. Appendix I: Instrumental measurements of perceptually isochronous sequences 299
15. Appendix II: Instrumental measurements of perceptually non-isochronous sequences 305
16. Bibliography 313
17. Index of Authors and subjects 335