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Markedness : reduction and preservation in phonology /
Presents a groundbreaking new theory of markedness in phonology, the tendency of languages to show a preference for particular structures or sounds. Drawing on examples from a wide range of phonological phenomena, de Lacy argues that markedness is part of our linguistic competence, determined by con...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in linguistics ;
112. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Presents a groundbreaking new theory of markedness in phonology, the tendency of languages to show a preference for particular structures or sounds. Drawing on examples from a wide range of phonological phenomena, de Lacy argues that markedness is part of our linguistic competence, determined by conflicting mechanisms in the brain. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 447 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-439) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511241623 9780511241628 9780511242359 0511242352 0511240589 9780511240584 0511241100 9780511241109 9780511486388 0511486383 9786610568062 6610568065 9780521142236 0521142237 |