Vowel patterns in language /

Linguists researching the sounds of languages do not just study lists of sounds but seek to discover generalizations about sound patterns by grouping them into categories. They study the common properties of each category and identify what distinguishes one category from another. Vowel patterns, for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Rachel, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, Ã2011.
Colección:Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 130.
Temas:
Vowels.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Morphology.
Voyelles.
Morphologie (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Phonetics & Phonology.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Morphology
Vowels
Kontrastive Phonologie
Vokal
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Preliminaries: functional grounding. Stressed and unstressed syllables
  • Initial syllables
  • Final syllables
  • Morphological roots and stems
  • Specific vowel qualities
  • Summary and predictions
  • 3. Generalized licensing. The concept of licensing
  • Prominence-based licensing configurations
  • Formalism
  • Achieving the licensing configurations
  • Morpheme-specific licensing
  • Summary
  • 4. Typological predictions. Disyllables
  • Trisyllables
  • Non-local effects
  • Interactions with other faithfulness constraints
  • Summary
  • Appendix
  • 5. Indirect licensing. Control by the licensing position
  • Assimilation within the licensing position
  • Sources of trigger control
  • Alternatives
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Identity licensing. Preservation of vowel properties in the licensing position
  • Preservation of vowel properties in the licensing position and non-licensing position
  • Assimilation at a distance in the licensing position
  • Non-local effects in review
  • Alternatives
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Direct licensing. Effacement or deficiency of vowel properties in a non-licensing position
  • Preservation of vowel properties originating in licensing and non-licensing positions
  • Alternating vowel properties in the licensing position
  • Direct licensing phenomena in review
  • Alternatives
  • Conclusion
  • 8. Maximal licensing. Maximal licensing harmony from a strong position
  • Case study: Servigliano
  • Conclusion
  • 9. Conclusion and final issues. Licensing and vowel patterns
  • Vowel patterns and prominence in the future
  • Final remarks.

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