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Generative Phonology : a Case Study from French.
This study is a discussion of, rather than a contribution to, generative phonology. The central question posed, is: Does linguistic theory provide a basis for choosing between competing grammars -- that is, an evaluation procedure for grammars? If so, then what is its form? If not, then how are we t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
1981.
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| Colección: | Linguisticae investigationes. Supplementa ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- GENERATIVE PHONOLOGYA Case-Study from French; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; FINAL SEGMENTS AND GENDER INFLECTION IN FRENCH; 1. THE DELETION RULES; 1.1 Liaison as non-deletion; 1.2 Liaison as metathesis; 1.3 Liaison as syntax; 2. EXCEPTIONS TO THE DELETION RULES; 2.1 There are exceptions to the deletion rules; 2.2 There are no exceptions to the deletion rules; 2.3 There are exceptions to the deletion rules; 3. INVARIANT ADJECTIVES; 3.1 Vowel-final stems; 3.2 Consonant-final stems; 4. THE SCOPE OF THE DELETION RULES.
- 4.1 Nasals and nasalisation4.2 Derivational augments and 'secondary derivation'·; 5. ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS; 5.1 There is no consonant deletion rule: liaison as epenthesis; 5.2 There is a (minor) consonant deletion rule; 6. THE FUNCTIONAL UNITY OF ELISION AND LIAISON; 6.1 Elision and liaison as natural rules; 6.2 Elision and liaison as conspiratorial rules; 7. SUMMARY; 7.1 Final segments; 7.2 Gender inflection; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.