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Onsets : suprasegmental and prosodic behaviour /

"The concept of the 'onset', i.e. the consonant(s) before the vowel of a syllable, is critical within phonology. While phonologists have examined the segmental behaviour of onsets, their prosodic status has instead been largely overlooked. In fact, most previous accounts have stipulat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Topintzi, Nina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Colección:Cambridge studies in linguistics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Onsets and weight: the theory
  • 2. Onsets and stress
  • 3. Onsets and compensatory lengthening
  • 4. Onsets and word minimality
  • 5. Onsets and geminates
  • 6. Other real and not so real onset-sensitive data: brief case-studies
  • 7. Conclusion and discussion of alternatives.