Handbook of the syllabl e / edited by Charles E. Cairns and Eric Raimy.

• TeilnehmendeR: Cairns, Charles E.; Raimy, Eric.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Handbooks in Linguistics 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (476 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Chapter One. Introduction /; Chapter Two. Compensatory Lengthening /; Chapter Three. On The Relationship Between Codas And Onset Clusters /; Chapter Four. The CVX Theory Of Syllable Structure /; Chapter Five. The Syllable As Delimitation Of The Base For Reduplication /; Chapter Six. Geminates: Heavy Or Long? /; Chapter Seven. Singing In Tashlhiyt Berber, A Language That Allows Vowel-Less Syllables /; Chapter Eight. The Role Of The Syllable In Speech Production In American English: A Fresh Consideration Of The Evidence /; Chapter Nine. Do Syllables Exist? Psycholinguistic Evidence For The Retrieval Of Syllabic Units In Speech Production /; Chapter Ten. Phonological Encoding In Healthy Aging: Electrophysiological Evidence /; Chapter Eleven. The Impact Of Experimental Tasks On Syllabification Judgments: A Case Study Of Russian /; Chapter Twelve. Syllables In Speech Processing: Evidence From Perceptual Epenthesis /; Chapter Thirteen. Anglophone Perceptions Of Arabic Syllable Structure /; Chapter Fourteen. The Role Of Syllable Structure: The Case Of Russian-Speaking Children With SLI /; Chapter Fifteen. Syllable Markedness And Misperception: It’s A Two-Way Street /; Chapter Sixteen. Syllables And Syllabaries: What Writing Systems Tell Us About Syllable Structure /; Chapter Seventeen. Diachronic Phonotactic Development In Latin: The Work Of Syllable Structure Or Linear Sequence? /; List Of Contributors /; Index Of Authors /; Index Of Languages /; Index Of Subjects /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 1283119730; 9786613119735; 9004190082
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Charles E. Cairns and Eric Raimy.

The Handbook of the Syllable approaches the study of the phonology and phonetics of the syllable with theoretical, empirical and methodological heterogeneity as its guiding principle. Since the mid-nineteenth century, scholars in the phonetic and phonological sciences have found it convenient to refer to the syllable, but definitions are scarce and none apply to all areas where the syllable is frequently invoked. The Handbook’s seventeen chapters focus on empirical studies of the syllable by presenting both new data and new kinds of data. The work addresses the syllable in phonology, phonetics, experimental psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, diachronic linguistics, and orthography. It is a seminal reference book for researchers exploring any empirical area where the notion of 'the syllable' is invoked.