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Page 131 of 1950

  • Chapter 13 - Intonation

  • Frank Lorenz, Universität Erfurt, Germany
  • Book:
    English Phonetics and Phonology
    Published online:
    17 October 2025
    Print publication:
    10 July 2025, pp 172-182

  • Summary

    Intonation is the speech melody of an intonation phrase. Speakers produce utterances with a melodic pattern that hinges on tone. The last stressed syllable in an intonation phrase carries the tone and is characterized by a rapid change in pitch that either falls or rises. Syllables before and after that syllable lead up to and continue this pattern. Tones can be falling or non-falling, high or low. We are going to investigate what the effects of these different tones are and how they relate to the different functions of intonation discussed in the previous chapter.

  • Chapter 7 - Coarticulation

  • Frank Lorenz, Universität Erfurt, Germany
  • Book:
    English Phonetics and Phonology
    Published online:
    17 October 2025
    Print publication:
    10 July 2025, pp 95-108

  • Summary

    In this chapter, we are going to see that the articulation of consonants and also of vowels may be in fact quite different in connected speech from their articulation in isolation discussed in earlier chapters. Sometimes, a feature can still be heard in the next sound. On other occasions, an acoustic property of a later sound occurs early and can already be heard in the sound that precedes it. All criteria, such as place of articulation and voicing for consonants or length for vowels, may be affected. This means that there are many more sounds than we initially assumed.

Derivatives Pricing
  • Frédéric D. Vrins
  • Published online:
    08 July 2025
    Print publication:
    20 March 2025
  • This is a masters-level overview of the mathematical concepts needed to fully grasp the art of derivatives pricing, and a must-have for anyone considering a career in quantitative finance in industry or academia. Starting from the foundations of probability, this textbook allows students with limited technical background to build a solid knowledge of the most important principles. It offers a unique compromise between intuition and mathematics, even when discussing abstract ideas such as change of measure. Mathematical concepts are introduced initially using toy examples, before moving on to examples of finance cases, both in discrete and continuous time. Throughout, numerical applications and simulations illuminate the analytical results. The end-of-chapter exercises test students' understanding, with solved exercises at the end of each part to aid self-study. Additional resources are available online, including slides, code and an interactive app.

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