A Phonetically-Motivated Phonological Analysis of Syllable Weight and Stress in the Norwegian Language.
This study advances a theory of weight in which a syllable shape in a given position is only heavy if it, on average, is sufficiently proportionally longer than a CV (consonant-vowel) in the same position. While the analysis of weight is consistent with the basic tenets of moraic theory, a departure...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lewiston :
Edwin Mellen Press,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This study advances a theory of weight in which a syllable shape in a given position is only heavy if it, on average, is sufficiently proportionally longer than a CV (consonant-vowel) in the same position. While the analysis of weight is consistent with the basic tenets of moraic theory, a departure is made from standard moraic theory which takes moras to be prosodic units associated directly to segments. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (212 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780773417380 0773417389 |