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Review of Fuchs, R. 2016. Speech rhythm in varieties of English: Evidence from educated Indian English and British English. Singapore: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore. 226 pages. ISBN: 978–3–662–47818–9
International Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2017-06-28 , DOI: 10.6018/ijes/2017/1/280291
Jane Setter

Review of Fuchs, Robert. 2016. Speech rhythm in varieties of English: Evidence from educated Indian English and British English. Singapore: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore. 226 pages. ISBN: 978-3-662-47818-9.Fuchs (2016) is the monograph version of Robert Fuchs's PhD thesis (University of Munster, Germany, 2013). It details research carried out on the production and perception of speech rhythm in Indian English (IndE) and British English (BrE) among students at two Universities in Hyderabad, India, at the start of this decade, the development of "a multidimensional model of rhythm" (Fuchs, 2016: 4), and of an approach to speech rhythm perception research which modifies existing practice. From the outset, and just by reading the Preface to the volume (Fuchs, 2016: v-vii), one gets a sense of the enthusiasm Fuchs has for India, the people, the variety, and the research he has undertaken. This is a promising opening to what is basically a write-up of a research study, boding well for the rest of the book, and leading on to the introductory chapter in which the scene is set.The book is organised into eight chapters, as follows:a) Chapter 1 is a general introduction, outlining the available research at the time the study was undertaken and justifying the book's focus on speech rhythm in IndE, i.e., the lack of work on prosodic features of the variety. It also serves to situate the study firmly in a World Englishes paradigm, referring to Kachru's (1985) terminology of Inner, Outer and Expanding Circles, and Schneider's Dynamic Model of Postcolonial Englishes (2003, 2007).b) Chapter 2 starts by giving a historical and social description of English in India, including an account of the different varieties of IndE and of the Dravidian and Aindo-Aryan languages spoken. It further elaborates on IndE with respect to Kachru and Schneider's models, before going on to give a comparison of the phonologies of BrE and IndE based on existing descriptions.c) Chapter 3's focus is on speech rhythm itself and how it can be measured, with a review of speech rhythm metrics, and suggestions on how these might be improved.d) Chapter 4 reviews existing research on speech rhythm in varieties of English with a view to evaluating whether Outer Circle varieties tend to be more syllable-timed than Inner Circle ones. There is a criticism that most research does not look at a variety of speaking styles; this is one area Fuchs attempts to address in his research by looking at read speech (a passage) and an interview task.e) Chapter 5 is a classic methodology section, giving an account of the data used in the study (material and tasks; recording procedure; profile of speakers) and the methods used to annotate and analyse it.f) Chapter 6 presents the results of Fuchs's production study, with sections on vocalic and consonantal durations, syllable durations, sonority, voicing, fundamental frequency, intensity, loudness, speech rate, and word initial glottal stop insertion before vowels. It is here where he introduces his multidimensional model of speech rhythm.g) Chapter 7 looks at the perception of IndE and BrE speech rhythm, detailing first pilot studies and then main studies on accent discrimination and 'Cocktail Party Effect', and introducing a "partially new technique" (Fuchs, 2016: 5) for the measurement of speech rhythm perception events.h) Chapter 8 is a general conclusion, summarising the results, describing the phonology of current IndE, speculating about its future development, and highlighting the importance of the research for work on varieties of English. There is a section on the implications of the research presented here for future work on IndE.i) Finally, there is an appendix and index. References are included at the end of each chapter and not as a list in the end-matter of the book.Using Kachru's (1985) circles paradigm, India is described as "a fairly typical Outer Circle country" (Fuchs, 2016: 12), with IndE at Schneider's (2003, 2007) fourth phase, exonormative stabilization. …

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Fuchs的评论,R.,2016年。各种英语的语音节奏:来自受过教育的印度英语和英国英语的证据。新加坡:Springer Science + Business Media Singapore。226页。国际标准书号(ISBN):978–3–662–47818–9

罗伯特·福克斯的评论。2016。各种英语的语音节奏:来自受过教育的印度英语和英国英语的证据。新加坡:Springer Science + Business Media Singapore。226页。ISBN:978-3-662-47818-9.Fuchs(2016)是Robert Fuchs博士论文的专着版本(德国芒斯特大学,2013年)。它详细研究了印度海得拉巴两所大学在本世纪初对印度英语(IndE)和英国英语(BrE)的语音节律的产生和感知的研究,“多维模型的发展”节奏”(Fuchs,2016:4),以及对语音节奏感知研究的一种方法,该方法改变了现有的做法。从一开始,只要阅读序言(Fuchs,2016:v-vii),人们会感觉到福克斯(Fuchs)对印度,人民,种类和他所进行的研究充满热情。这是一个基本的研究报告的开篇,对于本书的其余部分而言,这是一个很好的开端,并引出了场景的介绍性章节。该书分为八章,如下:a)第1章是概述,概述了研究进行时的可用研究,并证明了本书对IndE语音节奏的关注,即缺乏对该品种韵律特征的研究。它也有助于将研究牢固地置于世界英语范式中,参考Kachru(1985)的“内,外,外圆”术语,以及Schneider的“后殖民英语动态模型”(2003,2007)。b)第2章首先对印度英语进行了历史和社会描述,其中包括对IndE的不同品种以及所讲的德拉威和阿因多·阿里扬语言的描述。在继续根据现有描述对BrE和IndE的语音学进行比较之前,它进一步详细说明了IndE关于Kachru和Schneider的模型。c)第3章的重点是语音节奏本身以及如何测量语音节奏。 d)第4章回顾了现有的英语变体中的语音节奏研究,以评估外圈变体是否比内圈变体更易发音节。 。有人批评说,大多数研究并未考虑多种说话风格。这是Fuchs试图通过研究阅读的演讲(一段话)和采访任务来解决的领域。e)第5章是经典的方法论部分,介绍了研究中使用的数据(材料和任务; f)第6章介绍了Fuchs的制作研究的结果,其中包括声带和辅音的持续时间,音节的持续时间,声音,声音,基本频率,强度,响度,语音速率和单词初始声门停止在元音之前插入。在这里,他介绍了他的语音节奏的多维模型。g)第7章研究了IndE和BrE语音节奏的感知,详细介绍了先导研究,然后是关于口音歧视和“鸡尾酒会效应”的主要研究,并引入了“部分新技术”(Fuchs,2016:5)来测量语音节律感知事件。h)第8章是概括性结论,总结了结果,描述了当前IndE的语音,推测了其未来的发展,并强调了研究对于英语多样性研究的重要性。这里有一节介绍了本文的研究对IndE未来工作的影响。i)最后,有一个附录和索引。参考文献包含在每一章的末尾,而不是书末的清单。使用Kachru(1985)的圈子范例,印度被描述为“一个相当典型的外圈国家”(Fuchs,2016:12)。 ,与施耐德(2003,2007)第四阶段的IndE一起,外显稳定。… (Fuchs,2016:5)用于测量语音节律感知事件。h)第8章是一个概括性结论,概述了结果,描述了当前IndE的音系,推测了其未来的发展,并强调了研究对于致力于各种英语。这里有一节介绍了本文的研究对IndE未来工作的影响。i)最后,有一个附录和索引。参考文献包含在每一章的末尾,而不是书末的清单。使用Kachru(1985)的圈子范例,印度被描述为“一个相当典型的外圈国家”(Fuchs,2016:12)。 ,与施耐德(2003,2007)第四阶段的IndE一起,外显稳定。… (Fuchs,2016:5)用于测量语音节律感知事件。h)第8章是一个概括性结论,概述了结果,描述了当前IndE的音系,推测了其未来的发展,并强调了研究对于致力于各种英语。这里有一节介绍了本文的研究对IndE未来工作的影响。i)最后,有一个附录和索引。参考文献包含在每一章的末尾,而不是书末的清单。使用Kachru(1985)的圈子范例,印度被描述为“一个相当典型的外圈国家”(Fuchs,2016:12)。 ,与施耐德(2003,2007)第四阶段的IndE一起,外显稳定。… h)第8章是一个概括性的结论,总结了结果,描述了当前IndE的语音,推测了其未来的发展,并强调了该研究对于从事多种英语工作的重要性。这里有一节介绍了本文的研究对IndE未来工作的影响。i)最后,有一个附录和索引。参考文献包含在每一章的末尾,而不是书末的清单。使用Kachru(1985)的圈子范例,印度被描述为“一个相当典型的外圈国家”(Fuchs,2016:12)。 ,与施耐德(2003,2007)第四阶段的IndE一起,外显稳定。… h)第8章是一个概括性的结论,总结了结果,描述了当前IndE的语音,推测了其未来的发展,并强调了该研究对于从事多种英语工作的重要性。这里有一节介绍了该研究对IndE未来工作的影响。i)最后,有一个附录和索引。参考文献包含在每一章的末尾,而不是书末的清单。使用Kachru(1985)的圈子范例,印度被描述为“一个相当典型的外圈国家”(Fuchs,2016:12)。 ,与施耐德(2003,2007)第四阶段的IndE一起,外显稳定。… 并强调了研究对于英语多样性研究的重要性。这里有一节介绍了该研究对IndE未来工作的影响。i)最后,有一个附录和索引。参考文献包含在每一章的末尾,而不是书末的清单。使用Kachru(1985)的圈子范例,印度被描述为“一个相当典型的外圈国家”(Fuchs,2016:12)。 ,与施耐德(2003,2007)第四阶段的IndE一起,外显稳定。… 并强调了研究对于英语多样性研究的重要性。这里有一节介绍了本文的研究对IndE未来工作的影响。i)最后,有一个附录和索引。参考文献包含在每一章的末尾,而不是书末的清单。使用Kachru(1985)的圈子范例,印度被描述为“一个相当典型的外圈国家”(Fuchs,2016:12)。 ,与施耐德(2003,2007)第四阶段的IndE一起,外显稳定。… 印度被描述为“一个相当典型的外圈国家”(Fuchs,2016:12),IndE在施耐德(2003,2007)的第四阶段,呈指数稳定。… 印度被描述为“一个相当典型的外圈国家”(Fuchs,2016:12),IndE在施耐德(2003,2007)的第四阶段,呈指数稳定。…
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