Studies in Compensatory Lengthening

Studies in Compensatory Lengthening

Author: Leo Wetzels

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-10-21

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 3110821664

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Compensatory Lengthening

Compensatory Lengthening

Author: Darya Kavitskaya

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1136722041

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First Published in 2002. This volume is part of the 'Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics' series, and focuses on phonetics, phonology and diachrony of compensatory lengthening. The term compensatory lengthening (CL) refers to a set of phonological phenomena wherein the disappearance of one element of a representation is accompanied by a corresponding lengthening of another element. This study focuses on descriptive and formal similarities and divergences between CL of vowels triggered by consonant and by vowel loss.


Onsets

Onsets

Author: Nina Topintzi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-04-08

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 113948611X

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The concept of the 'onset', i.e. the consonant(s) before the vowel of a syllable, is critical within phonology. While phonologists have examined the segmental behaviour of onsets, their prosodic status has instead been largely overlooked. In fact, most previous accounts have stipulated that onsets are insignificant when it comes to the 'heaviness' of syllables. In this book Nina Topintzi presents a new theory of onsets, arguing for their fundamental role in the structure of language both in the underlying and surface representation, unlike previous assumptions. To capture the weight behaviour of onsets, a novel account is proposed that relates their interaction with voicing, tone and stress. Using numerous case-studies and data from a variety of languages and phenomena (including stress, compensatory lengthening, gemination and word minimality), the book introduces a model that reflects the true behaviour of onsets, demonstrating profound implications for syllable and weight theories.


Research on Old French: The State of the Art

Research on Old French: The State of the Art

Author: Deborah L Arteaga

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-11-02

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 9400747683

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The present volume presents scholarly study into Old French as it is practiced today, in all of its forms, within a variety of theoretical frameworks, from Optimality Theory to Minimalism to Discourse Analysis. Many of the chapters are corpus-based, reflecting a new trend in the field, as more electronic corpora become available. The chapters contribute to our understanding of both the synchronic state and diachronic evolution, not only of Old French, but of language in general. Its breadth is extensive in that contributors pursue research on a wide variety of topics in Old French focusing on the various subsystems of language. All examples are carefully glossed and the relevant characteristics of Old French are clearly explained, which makes it uniquely accessible to non-specialists and linguists at all levels of training. ​


The Oxford Handbook of Laboratory Phonology

The Oxford Handbook of Laboratory Phonology

Author: Abigail C. Cohn

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 888

ISBN-13: 0199575037

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This book provides state-of-the-art coverage of research in laboratory phonology. Laboratory phonology denotes a research perspective, not a specific theory: it represents a broad community of scholars dedicated to bringing interdisciplinary experimental approaches and methods to bear on how spoken language is structured, learned and used; it draws on a wide range of tools and concepts from cognitive and natural sciences. This book describes the investigative approaches,disciplinary perspectives, and methods deployed in laboratory phonology, and highlights the most promising areas of current research.Part one introduces the history, nature, and aims of laboratory phonology. The remaining four parts cover central issues in research done within this perspective, as well as methodological resources used for investigating these issues. Contributions to this volume address how laboratory phonology approaches have provided insight into human speech and language structure and how theoretical questions and methodologies are intertwined. This Handbook, the first specifically dedicated tothe laboratory phonology approach, builds on the foundation of knowledge amassed in linguistics, speech research and allied disciplines. With the varied interdisciplinary contributions collected, the Handbook advances work in this vibrant field.


Sound Mutations

Sound Mutations

Author: Degif Petros Banksira

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2000-10-20

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9027298475

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This monograph, which evolved from the first linguistic dissertation to be written on Chaha (an Ethiopian Semitic language), is also the first book to deal exclusively with the phonology and morphology of the language. It is an exhaustive description and analysis, by a native speaker, of the sound patterns of this often misdescribed language and deserves to be the standard reference on the phonology of Chaha. The book presents a vast amount of new data and it unearths some fascinating new generalizations about double linking, geminate devoicing, nasalization of liquid consonants, phonotactic constraints within morphemes, and palatalization and labialization triggered by decomposition of a single back high round vowel. The book also challenges the categorization of Semitic subject affixes into prefix and suffix sets, instead proposing a novel classification in which all prefixes and some suffixes form a set that excludes the remaining suffixes. The generalizations and analyses are significant not only for the study of Chaha and Semitic languages, but also for phonological theory in general.


Language History and Linguistic Description in Africa

Language History and Linguistic Description in Africa

Author: Ian Maddieson

Publisher: Africa World Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780865436329

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For more than a quarter of a century the Annual conference on African Linguistics (ACAL) has provided a lively forum for the confrontation of ideas on theoretical linguistics with descriptive data on African languages.


Features in Phonology and Phonetics

Features in Phonology and Phonetics

Author: Annie Rialland

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2015-05-19

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 3110400103

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This book intends to place Nick Clements’ contribution to Feature Theory in a historical and contemporary context and to introduce some of his unpublished manuscripts as well as new work with colleagues collected in this book.