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Syllable and word languages /

The typology of syllable and word languages is based on a multi-layered and hierarchically structured phonological model. The main claim is that the phonological make-up of a language depends on the relevance of the prosodic categories- with the syllable and the phonological word being typologically...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Reina, Javier Caro (Editor ), Szczepaniak, Renata (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]
Colección:Linguae & litterae ; 40.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and symbols; Preface; Introduction: Syllable and word languages; Part 1: Theoretical issues; The typology of syllable and word languages and Swedish phonological structure; Syllable complexity in the diachrony of Romance languages: A center vs. periphery view and the syllable vs. word rhythm paradigm; Pervasive syllables and phonological unity in words; Monosyllabic Lengthening in German and its relation to the syllable vs. word language typology.
  • Vowel and consonant epentheses in the history of German from the typological perspective of syllable and word languagesPart 2: Diachronic approaches; Scandinavian word phonology: Evidence for a typological cycle; Syllable- and word-related developments in earlier Indo-Iranian; From Christel to Christina, from Klaus to Nico: A diachronic study of German first names (1945-2010) and their shift towards the syllable language type; Part 3: Synchronic approaches (Germanic languages).
  • Reduction and deletion of glottal stops and geminates at phonological word boundaries in German compounds: Effects of word frequency and accentuationPhonological domains in Luxembourgish and their relevance for the phonological system; Low German: A profile of a word language; Phonological and phonetic considerations for a classification of Swiss German dialects as a word language or a syllable language; Part 4: Synchronic approaches (Romance languages); Central Catalan in the framework of the typology of syllable and word languages.