Phonological Explorations

Empirical, Theoretical and Diachronic Issues

355 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The 16 papers contained in this volume address a variety of phonological topics from different theoretical perspectives. Combined, they provide an excellent showcase for the diversity of the field. Topics considered include the place of allomorphy in grammar; Dutch clippings; the status of recursion in phonology; the role of contrast preservation in the Grimm-Verner push chain; the phonological specification of Dutch ‘tense’ and ‘lax’ monophthongs; the distribution of English vowels in a Strict CV framework; a dependency-based analysis of Germanic vowel shifts; a Radical CV Phonology approach to vowel harmony; emergentist vs. universalist perspectives on frequency effects in vowel harmony; the representation of Limburgian tonal accents; durational enhancement in Maastricht Limburguish high vowels; constraint conjunction in Mandarin Chinese; lexical tone association in Harmonic Serialism; a constraint-based account of the McGurk effect; a case study of the acquisition of liquids in early L1 Dutch; and the learnability of segmentation in Tibetan numerals.

• Reihe: Linguistische Arbeiten
• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik Phonetik, Phonologie
• ISBN: 9783110295160
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.10.2012
• Größe: 23 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Herausgegeben von: Bert Botma, Roland Noske