A formal theory of vowel harmony
Author: Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 347
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A Formal Theory of Vowel Coalescence
Author: Wim de Haas
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2010-10-13
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 3110869241
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Formal Theory of Vowel Coalescence : A Case Study of Ancient Greek Publications in Language Sciences.
A Formal Theory of Vowel Harmony
Author: Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 740
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIssues in Vowel Harmony
Author: Robert Michael Vago
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1980-01-01
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9027230056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVowel harmony is a well known phonological phenomenon found in a large number of languages spoken mainly in Eurasia and the African continent. In simple terms, vowel harmony is a law which governs the co-occurrence of vowels within a span of utterance, nearly always the word. The contributions of this volume focus on various (not always uncontroversial) aspects of vowel harmony that include typological investigations, phonetic/acoustic experimental studies, descriptions of individual systems, genetic and historical ramifications, and implications for a variety of theoretical models. This volume will prove to be a useful guide to the multifaceted issues posed by an often discussed and quite significant phonological process. This volume will stimulate further discussion and better understanding of the issues raised by the intricate process called vowel harmony.
Issues in Vowel Harmony
Author: Robert M. Vago
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1980-01-01
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9027283184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVowel harmony is a well known phonological phenomenon found in a large number of languages spoken mainly in Eurasia and the African continent. In simple terms, vowel harmony is a law which governs the co-occurrence of vowels within a span of utterance, nearly always the word. The contributions of this volume focus on various (not always uncontroversial) aspects of vowel harmony that include typological investigations, phonetic/acoustic experimental studies, descriptions of individual systems, genetic and historical ramifications, and implications for a variety of theoretical models. This volume will prove to be a useful guide to the multifaceted issues posed by an often discussed and quite significant phonological process. This volume will stimulate further discussion and better understanding of the issues raised by the intricate process called vowel harmony.
A Formal Theory of Exceptions in Generative Phonology
Author: Wim Zonneveld
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2010-11-05
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 3110859912
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.
The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology
Author: Paul de Lacy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-02-01
Total Pages: 660
ISBN-13: 1139462059
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhonology - the study of how the sounds of speech are represented in our minds - is one of the core areas of linguistic theory, and is central to the study of human language. This handbook brings together the world's leading experts in phonology to present the most comprehensive and detailed overview of the field. Focusing on research and the most influential theories, the authors discuss each of the central issues in phonological theory, explore a variety of empirical phenomena, and show how phonology interacts with other aspects of language such as syntax, morphology, phonetics, and language acquisition. Providing a one-stop guide to every aspect of this important field, The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology will serve as an invaluable source of readings for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, an informative overview for linguists and a useful starting point for anyone beginning phonological research.
Asymmetries in Vowel Harmony
Author: Harry van der Hulst
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-08-23
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 0192543067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book deals with the phenomenon of vowel harmony, a phonological process whereby all the vowels in a word are required to share a specific phonological property, such as front or back articulation. Vowel harmony occurs in the majority of languages of the world, though only in very few European languages, and has been a central concern in phonological theory for many years. In this volume, Harry van der Hulst puts forward a new theory of vowel harmony, which accounts for the patterns of and exceptions to this phenomenon in the widest range of languages ever considered. The book begins with an overview of the general causes of asymmetries in vowel harmony systems. The two following chapters provide a detailed account of a new theory of vowel harmony based on unary elements and licensing, which is embedded in a general dependency-based theory of phonological structure. In the remaining chapters, this theory is applied to a variety of vowel harmony phenomena from typologically diverse languages, including palatal harmony in languages such as Finnish and Hungarian, labial harmony in Turkic languages, and tongue root systems in Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, and Tungusic languages. The volume provides a valuable overview of the diversity of vowel harmony in the languages of the world and is essential reading for phonologists of all theoretical persuasions.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Total Pages: 1153
ISBN-13: 0192561480
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDependency and Non-Linear Phonology
Author: Jacques Durand
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-10-03
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 0429841124
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1986. The purpose of this collection of articles is to explore in depth the notational model dependency phonology, and also to offer rival, non-dependency-based accounts of aspects of suprasegmental and intrasegmental structure. Dependency and Non-Linear Phonology offers an introduction to dependency phonology that does not presuppose any knowledge of this framework and points out some of the major differences between dependency phonology and competing systems of representations. The book will also act as a guide to current debates in the field of ‘non-linear’ phonology.
