Description: A Corpus of Formal British English Speech by Gerald Knowles This work provides 50,000 words of prosodically-transcribed text from a variety of sources. The introduction explains fully the transcription conventions, the structure of the corpus and its relationship to other computer corpora, and provides examples of different versions of texts. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This work provides 50,000 words of prosodically-transcribed text from a variety of sources. The introduction explains fully the transcription conventions, the structure of the corpus and its relationship to other computer corpora, and provides examples of different versions of texts. Table of Contents IntroductionProsodic charactersThe composition of the corpus. Breakdown into categories. Speakers. Dates of composition and recording. The duration of text extracts. SEC text details.Versions of SEC material. Spoken recording. Unpunctuated transcriptions. Orthographic transcriptions. Samples of different versions. Unpunctuated transcription. Orthographic transcription. Grammatically tagged versions. Texts. Appendix 1: The CLAWS1 tagset. Appendix 2: Complete version of Through the Tunnel. References and bibliography. Feature fully tested - over 10% of corpus has been transcribed by both phoneticians to ensure consistency and accuracy covers both waveforms and grammatical properties of texts illustrates a variety of prosodic styles and genres, providing a basis for the study of stylistic variation in speech provides an excellent resource for use in teaching intonation original recordings are available direct from the editors of the corpus Details ISBN058205639X Year 1996 ISBN-10 058205639X ISBN-13 9780582056398 Format Paperback Publication Date 1996-08-14 Imprint Longman Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Gerry Knowles DEWEY 825.008 Birth 1945 Affiliation Research Assistant, Lancaster University Illustrations 1, black & white illustrations Short Title CORPUS OF FORMAL BRITISH ENGLI Media Book Author Gerald Knowles Subtitle The Lancaster/IBM Spoken English Corpus Pages 278 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Place of Publication London Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780582056398 UK Release Date 1996-08-14 AU Release Date 1996-08-14 NZ Release Date 1996-08-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134436104;
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ISBN-13: 9780582056398
Book Title: A Corpus of Formal British English Speech
Number of Pages: 278 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: A Corpus of Formal British English Speech: the Lancaster/Ibm Spoken English Corpus
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Year: 1996
Subject: Engineering & Technology
Item Height: 216 mm
Item Weight: 386 g
Type: Study Guide
Author: Lita (Research Assistant, Lancaster University) Taylor, Briony (Centre For Speech Technology Research, University Of Edinburgh) Williams, Gerald Knowles
Item Width: 138 mm
Format: Paperback
