Rhythm, intonation, exotic and familiar languages, computer-synthesized audio-communications, procedures in forensic linguistics, pronunciation lexicography, language change, and sociological aspects of speech such as English regional accents and dialects in Britian and elsewhere are covered in these 38 articles as a tribute to Professor J.D. O'Connor, one of Britain's most greatly respected teachers and writers on phonetics. The international list of 45 contributors includes former students, colleagues and admirers. This volume on descriptive and experimental phonetics and phonology should...