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The Phonetics and Phonology of Contrast : the Case of the Romanian Vowel System /

"Studies of both synchronic phonetics and morpho-phonological alternations are needed to understand the forces that historically shaped and now maintain the phonemic system of Romanian. Through a series of case studies on the Romanian vowel system, this book proposes that the robustness of a ph...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Renwick, Margaret E. L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]
Colección:Phonology and phonetics ; volume 19.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Relative frequency of Romanian phonemes
  • 3. On the origins of /i/ in Romanian
  • 4. The distribution of /ea/ and /oa/ in Romanian
  • 5. Distributional evidence for marginal contrast
  • 6. Acoustics of Romanian monophthongs
  • 7. Acoustics of Romanian diphthongs
  • 8. Perception of vowels in Romanian
  • 9. A multidimensional model of contrast.