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I nformation about Bruce Connell

Research Fellow
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Oxford University
51 Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 6PE
UK

email: connellb@vax.ox.ac.uk
tel: +44 1865 274 685
fax: +44 1865 274 630

Research interests

Phonetics and phonology, especially factors related to the organization of sound systems; tonal systems; comparative and historical linguistics; linguistic paleontology; psycholinguistics.

Publications

Articles

(1985) A comparative study of the Lower Cross language group. JOLAN (Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria) , No. 3 105-111.

(1987) Language and Prehistory in the Cross River Basin. In M. B. Abassiattai (Ed.), The Role of the Arts in Nation Building . (University of Calabar Faculty of Arts Occasional Publications Vol. 1.) (pp. 49-64). Calabar: Map Publishers.

(1987) Noun classification in Lower Cross. Journal of West African Languages , XVII No. 1, 110-125.

(1987) Temporal aspects of labiovelar stops. Work in Progress , 20 : 53-60.

(1989) Instrumental evidence for phonetically gradual sound change. Work in Progress , No. 22 : 58-68.

(1991) Accounting for the reflexes of labial-velar stops . Proceedings Vol. 3, ICPhS 12 Aix-en-Provence: Université de Provence: 110-113.

(1992) On the graduality of sound change: a contribution from instrumental phonetics. JOLAN (Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria) , 6 1-14.

(1992) Tongue contact, active articulators, and coarticulation . Banff: University of Alberta, 1075-1078.

(1994) The structure of labial-velar stops. Journal of Phonetics , 22 4: 441-476.

(1995) The Lower Cross languages: a prolegomena to the classification of the Cross River languages. Journal of West African Languages , XXIV 1: 3-46.

(1995) Some articulatory characteristics of the tap. In J. Windsor-Lewis (Ed.), Studies in General and English Phonetics in Honour of Professor J D O’Connor London: Routledge Kegan Paul.

(1995) The historical development of Lower Cross consonants. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics , 16 1, 41-70.

(in press) Classifying Cross River . Proceedings of 26th ACAL, Los Angeles.

(in press) Yams, palms, and culture history in the Cross River Basin: Linguistic evidence. In R. M. Blench & M. Spriggs (Eds.), Archaeology and Language, Vol. II . Routledge One World Archaeology Series. London: Routledge.

(in press) The role of language contact in the development of Usaghade. SUGIA (Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika) , 16

Jointly authored

Connell, B, Hogan, J.T. & Rozsypal A.J. (1983). Experimental evidence for interaction between tone and intonation in Mandarin Chinese. Journal of Phonetics Vol. 11 No. 4: 337-351.

Connell, B. A., & Ladd, D. R. (1990) Aspects of Pitch Realization in Yoruba. Phonology , 7 1, 1-29.

Connell, B., & Hajek, J. (1991) Universals of nasal attrition . Proceedings, ICPhS 12 Vol. 5, Aix-en-Provence: Université de Provence, 106-109.

Verhoven, J., & Connell, B. (1992) Tonal accents in a Limburg dialect: an acoustic analysis. PROPH (Progress Reports from Oxford Phonetics) , 5 60-72.

Connell, B. A., & Maison, K. B. (in press) A Cameroun homeland for the Lower Cross people? SUGIA (Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika) , 15

Blench, R. M., Williamson, K., & Connell, B. (in press) A historical and linguistic investigation into the spread of maize in Nigeria. SUGIA (Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika) , Vol. 15

Edited works

Connell, B., & Arvaniti, A. (1995) Phonology and Phonetic Evidence: Papers in Laboratory Phonology IV . Cambridg e: Cambridge University Press,

Connell, B. (in prep.) Bakweri - English, English - Bakweri Dictionary, based on materials collected by Edwin Ardener.)

Advisory editor, Research into Yoruba Language and Linguistics , Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Reviews

Kelly, J. and J. Local, Doing Phonology. Phonetica 49 : 238-240.

Westermann, D. and I. Ward, Practical Phonetics for Students of African Languages. Phonetica 49 : 240-242.

Clark, J. and C. Yallop, An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology. Phonology Vol. 11. 1: 196-199.

Ode, C. and V. van Heuven, Experimental Studies of Indonesian Prosody. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (BKI), Deel 151: 145-146.

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Updated Monday, May 27, 1996