Vowels, diphthongs, and vowel clusters. A quantitative dynamic approach through synthesis-by-rule

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter I. Statistics in dialectology
5. Analysing Language Variation by Multiple Regression: The Case of (t) Deletion in a Dutch Dialect 5
6. A multivariate analysis of French Liaison 19
7. Linguistic data and statistical analysis - Some reflections on the general discussion of session I 33
8. Chapter II. Dialectology and phonetics
9. Agreement procedures in phonetic segmental transcriptions 37
10. On the limits of auditory transcription: a sociophonetic perspective 45
11. Synthèse par règles de la fréquence fondamentale: analyse de l'accent tonal ("Rheinische Schärfung") d'un parler de l'Oesling (Grand-Duché du Luxembourg) 61
12. Vowels, diphthongs, and vowel clusters. A quantitative dynamic approach through synthesis-by-rule 67
13. Vowel labelling consistency as a measure of familiarity with the phonetic code of a language or dialect 79
14. Paradigms in sociophonetic research 87
15. Basic Principles of Experimental Functional Phonology (E.F.P.) 107
16. The retrieval of dialect material from old phonographic wax cylinders 117
17. Chapter III. Computer corpuses and cartography
18. La reconstruction de l'ancien français parlé 125
19. Isoglosses and gradual differences across dialects in Medieval French 135
20. A typology of dialect transitions in Flanders 155
21. Problèmes et méthodes de la dialectométrie 165
22. Changes in the French vocalic system in the 19th century 185