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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lunden, S. L. Anya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
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  • A PHONETICALLY-MOTIVATED PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SYLLABLE WEIGHT AND STRESS IN THE NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. A Phonetic Study of Length in Norwegian; Chapter 3. The Proportional Increase Theory of Weight; Chapter 4. An OT Analysis of the Basic Norwegian Stress Pattern; Chapter 5. Norwegian Stress System Completed: Exceptions to the Basic Pattern; Chapter 6. Extrametricality Revisited; Bibliography; Index