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Postvelar harmony /

This book examines the formal bases of postvelar harmony and its crosslinguistic variation. It is of interest especially to phonologists concerned with segmental harmony and its explanation within Optimality Theory. Postvelar harmony in two unrelated languages, Palestinian Arabic and St'át...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shahin, Kimary N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2002.
Colección:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 225.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book examines the formal bases of postvelar harmony and its crosslinguistic variation. It is of interest especially to phonologists concerned with segmental harmony and its explanation within Optimality Theory. Postvelar harmony in two unrelated languages, Palestinian Arabic and St'át'imcets Salish, is examined in detail. The result is the first comprehensive clarification of postvelar phonology for either language. Two harmonies are distinguished: uvularisation harmony ('emphasis spread') and pharyngealisation (tongue-root-retraction) harmony. The distinction between these two in th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 344 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027275325
9027275327
1283312131
9781283312134
9786613312136
6613312134
ISSN:0304-0763 ;