{"product_id":"the-melody-and-rhythm-of-speech-general-and-swedish-prosody-hardcover-1","title":"The Melody and Rhythm of Speech: General and Swedish Prosody - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGösta Bruce\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMerle Horne\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMerle Horne\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe melody and rhythm of speech: General and Swedish prosody is the only book of its kind on the market. It deals with features of speech that together with consonants and vowels contribute to create meaning in utterances and contribute to give speech its maximal strength as means of human communication. The book deals with prosody at all levels, from the word to text and dialogue and presents models for rhythmic and tonal prominence using an Autosegmental Metrical theoretical approach. On the practical side, the book also describes methods for carrying out prosodic analysis and for transcribing prosody. Aspects of applied prosody are also taken up, including dysprosody, language acquisition, and speech technology. The book gives a coherent and pedagogical presentation of speech prosody by Gösta Bruce, one of the most outstanding international experts on prosody of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe melody and rhythm of speech: general and Swedish prosody \u003c\/i\u003epresents for the first time in English a comprehensive overview of the seminal approach to speech rhythm and melody developed by the world-renowned prosodist, G?sta Bruce. It examines prosodic phenomena (stress, tone, intonation) both from a phonetic and phonological point of view and at different levels of prosodic structure, from the word to text and dialogue with a focus on prosody's different communicative functions. It also includes a timely and valuable discussion of issues related to the methods of prosodic analysis as well as to the transcription of prosody. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using an Autosegmental-Metrical theoretical approach, the book provides an unparalleled presentation of not only what is more general for the phonology and phonetics of speech prosody but also what is specific for Swedish. The models for speech rhythm and accenting presented in the book are further applied in an elegant fashion to discussions of dialectal variation, as well as to prosody acquisition, dysprosody, speech synthesis, and speech recognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe melody and rhythm of speech \u003c\/i\u003eis an indispensable textbook for disciplines dealing with speech prosody, including linguistics, phonetics, speech therapy, language education, speech technology, language education, and cognitive science.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGösta Bruce (1947-2010) was Professor of Phonetics at Lund University, Sweden \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslator: Merle Horne, Professor Emerita of Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53801525412147,"sku":"9789198740462","price":70.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aClg6ats7x9789198740462_2c31c7c8-b41c-4606-96bd-d20d1f9672a4.webp?v=1785968957","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-melody-and-rhythm-of-speech-general-and-swedish-prosody-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}