Zu: Theo Vennemann - "Preference laws for syllable structure and the explanation of sound change"
Zu: Theo Vennemann -

Author: Heike Mieth

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 3638778460

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Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2001 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Spanische Sprache, Literatur, Landeskunde, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1,3, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Romanistik), Veranstaltung: Proseminar, 3 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In seinem Buch "Preference Laws" beschäftigt sich Theo Vennemann mit bevorzugten Silbenstrukturen und deren Veränderungen im Verlauf der Zeit in verschiedenen Sprachsystemen. Er hat Ergebnisse von zahlreichen Forschungen des 19. Jahrhunderts, die ebenfalls die Silbe betrafen, mit einbezogen und daraus resultierende Preference Laws für bevorzugte Silbenstrukturen aufgestellt. Die Preference Laws von Theo Vennemann betreffen sowohl einzelne Silben, für die er das Head Law, das Nucleus Law und das Coda Law aufgestellt hat, als auch Silbenfolgen, deren Gesetze er im Weight Law, Law of Initials, Law of Finals, Strength Assimilation Law und dem Contact Law festhält. Diese Gesetze sind allgemein gültige Theorien, die weltweite Sprachsysteme umfassen und auf den kommunikativen Aufnahme- und Ausdrucksfähigkeiten des Menschen basieren. Diese allgemeine Gültigkeit der Gesetze erklärt zugleich auch die erstaunliche Gleichmäßigkeit zwischen Sprachsystemen. In den "Preference Laws" verwendet Vennemann zahlreiche Beispiele aus vielen Sprachen, hauptsächlich aus dem Deutschen und dem Italienischen, die in diesem Werk aber auch durch Beispiele aus dem Spanischen ergänzt wurden.

Constraints and Preferences
Constraints and Preferences

Author: Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-06-24

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 3110881063

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The central theme of this collection is the epistemological status of constraints and preferences in linguistics. The contributions focus mainly on phonology; one article deals explicitly with morphology. The approaches to phonology represented in the volume are those of Natural Phonology, Government Phonology, Optimality Theory, autosegemental phonology, and computational phonology. Constraints are juxtaposed either to rules or to preferences in the discussion of constraint-based vs. preference-based theories.

Linguistic Preferences
Linguistic Preferences

Author: Patrizia Noel Aziz Hanna

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-12-06

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 3110721465

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Preferences form a central concept of human categorization. They play an important role in disciplines ranging from psychology to economics and philosophy, from evolutionary biology to artificial intelligence, and, notably for this volume, in linguistics. This volume provides both theoretical and empirical contributions from linguistics to this interdisciplinary field of research.

The Indo-European Syllable
The Indo-European Syllable

Author: Andrew Byrd

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 9004293027

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In The Indo-European Syllable Andrew Miles Byrd investigates the process of syllabification within Proto-Indo-European (PIE), revealing connections to a number of seemingly unrelated phonological processes in the proto-language. Drawing from insights in linguistic typology and synchronic theory, he makes two significant advances in our understanding of PIE phonology. First, by analyzing securely reconstructable consonant clusters at word’s edge, he devises a methodology which allows us to predict which types of consonant clusters could occur word-medially in PIE. Thus, a number of previously disconnected phonological rules can now be understood as being part of a conspiracy motivated by violations in syllable structure. Second, he uncovers evidence of morphological influence within the syllable, created by processes such as quantitative ablaut. These advances allow us to view PIE as a synchronic grammar, one which can be described by -- and contribute to -- modern linguistic theory.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Historical Linguistics
The Bloomsbury Companion to Historical Linguistics

Author: Silvia Luraghi

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 144114966X

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Originally published as the Continuum Companion to Historical Linguistics, this book brings together a number of leading scholars who provide a combination of different approaches to current and new issues in historical linguistics, while supplying an exhaustive and up-to-date coverage of sub-fields traditionally regarded as central to historical linguistics research. The editors aim to build a solid background for further discussion and to indicate directions for new research on relevant open questions. The book includes coverage of key terms, a list of resources, and sections on: - history of research- methodology- phonology- morphology- grammatical categories- syntax- grammaticalization- semantics - etymology- language contact- sociolinguistics- causes of language change It is a complete resource for researchers working on historical linguistics.