Speech Rhythm in Varieties of English
Robert Fuchs
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, 2016
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Many post-colonial varieties of English, which are mostly spoken as a second language in countries such as India, Nigeria and the Philippines, are thought to have a syllable-timed rhythm, whereas first language varieties such as British English are characterized as being stress-timed.
- ISBN-13
- 9783662517215
- ISBN-10
- 3662517213
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Year
- 2016
- Publication date
- 2016-08-23
- Pages
- 226
- Dimensions
- 235x155x