Author : Junko Itô
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0429847785
First published in 1988. The goal of this study is to explore the workings of a syllable theory which is an integral part of Prosodic Phonology. It will be shown that theory-internal considerations and a variety of empirical arguments converge on a conception of syllabification as continuous template matching governed by syllable wellformedness conditions and a directional parameter. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
Author : Paul de Lacy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 24,44 MB
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1139462059
Phonology - 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.
Author : Caroline Féry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 37,23 MB
Release : 2003-01-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1139437380
The syllable has always been a key concept in generative linguistics: the rules, representations, parameters, or constraints posited in diverse frameworks of theoretical phonology and morphology all make reference to this fundamental unit of prosodic structure. No less central to the field is Optimality Theory, an approach developed within (morpho-)phonology in the early 1990s. This 2003 book combines two themes of central importance to linguists and their mutual relevance in recent research. It provides an overview of the role of the syllable in OT and ways in which problems that relate to the analysis of syllable structure can be solved in OT. The contributions to the book not only show that the syllable sheds light on certain properties of OT itself, they also demonstrate that OT is capable of describing and adequately analyzing many issues that are problematic in other theories. The analyses are based on a wealth of languages.
Author : Eric Raimy
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 34,40 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 026218270X
The essays in this volume address foundational questions in phonology that cut across different schools of thought within the discipline.
Author : Jeroen Maarten van de Weijer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 39,7 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781588113528
A comprehensive overview of current developments in phonological theory, by providing a number of papers in different areas of current theorizing which reflect on particular problems from different angles. This volume deals with phonological structure above the segmental level, in particular with syllable structure, metrical structure and sentence-level prosodic structure.
Author : Marina Nespor
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110977796
Prosodic Phonology by Marina Nespor and Irene Vogel is now available again. "Nespor & Vogel 1986" is a citation classic - even after twenty years, it is still recognized as the standard resource on Prosodic Phonology. This groundbreaking work introduces all of the prosodic constituents (syllable, foot, word, clitic group, phonological phrase, intonational phrase and utterance) and provides evidence for each one from numerous languages. Prosodic Phonology also includes a chapter in which experimental psycholinguistic data support the proposed hierarchy. A perceptual study provides evidence that prosodic constituent structure - not syntactic constituent structure - predicts whether listeners are able to disambiguate different types of ambiguous sentences. A chapter on the phonology of poetic meter examines portions of Dante's Divine Comedy. It is demonstrated that the constituents proposed for spoken language also make interesting predictions about literary metrical patterns. Prosodic Phonology is an important reference not only for phonologists, but for all linguists interested in the issue of interfaces among the components of grammar. It is also a basic resource for psycholinguists and cognitive scientists working on linguistic perception and language acquisition.
Author : Philippe Martin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 15,37 MB
Release : 2015-11-26
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1107036186
An innovative and unified grammar of sentence intonation, applied to six Romance languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Romanian).
Author : Larry M. Hyman
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,67 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN :
With the reissue of this treatise, an instrumental step in the development of both moraic phonology and prosodic morphology becomes available again. This essential text presents a comprehensive treatment of syllable weight in phonology and of its consequences for weight-related phenomena, proposing that the basic tier consists of weight units equivalent to the morals of traditional synchronic and diachronic phonology. Turning to the unusual Gokana language of Nigeria, which may lack syllables entirely, Hyman argues that the proposed moraic representations may even be applied to many apparently syllable-based phenomena without syllables.
Author : Caroline Féry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 29,9 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107008069
This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of intonation and prosody from a phonological perspective, for advanced students and researchers in phonology.
Author : Kevin M. Ryan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0192550209
This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of phonological weight to date, bringing together traditional notions of categorical, rime-based weight and new developments in statistical prosodic phonology. The book demonstrates that while some systems treat weight as a simple (heavy vs. light) distinction, others treat it as a rich continuum of heaviness. Following an introduction to weight-sensitive systems in phonology, Kevin Ryan explores the range of phenomena that interact with prosodic weight. Chapters examine the analysis of scales in terms of prominence rather than moraic coercion; prosodic minimality in the context of larger prosodic constituents; syllable weight in metrics; and the relationship between prosodic end-weight and stress. Throughout, the analysis is based on a survey of weight systems both within and across the world's languages, which yields a number of valuable generalizations and points towards a universal theory of weight in human language.
