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The generative and the structuralist approach to the syllable : a comparative analysis of English and Slovak /

This book offers thorough analyses of two typologically different languages, English and Slovak, from the viewpoint of two different approaches to language: namely, structuralism, as introduced by Ferdinand de Saussure in the first half of the 20th century, and generativism, based on the ideas of No...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gregová, Renáta (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One; 1.1 The Internal Structure of the Syllable; 1.1.1 Extrasyllabic Consonants; 1.2 Syllabification and Morphology; 1.3 The Underlying Representation and the Surface Representation; 1.4 Universality and Diversity; Chapter Two; 2.1 An Outline of the Theory; 2.1.1 The Affix Rule; 2.1.2 The Potential Vowel Rule; 2.1.3 Anti-Allomorphy; 2.1.4 Complex Sounds; 2.2 The General Theory of Complex Segments; 2.2.1 Feature Geometry; 2.2.2 A Complex Segment in Duanmu's Theory.
  • 2.2.3 A Consonant Cluster or a Complex Segment?2.3 Word-initial and Word-final Clusters in English and in Slovak; 2.3.1 What is a Consonant Cluster?; 2.3.2 Consonant Clusters in English; 2.3.3 Consonant Clusters in Slovak; 2.4 A Phonemic Complex-sound Analysis of the Word-initial CC Clusters; 2.4.1 A Phonemic Complex-sound Analysis of the English Word-initial CC Clusters; 2.4.2 A Phonemic Complex-sound Analysis of the Slovak Word-initial CC Clusters; 2.5 A Phonetic Complex-sound Analysis of the Word-initial CC Clusters.
  • 2.5.1 A Phonetic Complex-sound Analysis of the English Word-initial CC Clusters2.5.2 A Phonetic Complex-sound Analysis of the Slovak Word-initial CC Clusters; 2.5.3 Do Complex Sounds Exist?; 2.6 The CVX Syllable Theory and the English Language; 2.6.1 A Single-slot Analysis of the Word-initial Consonant Clusters in English; 2.6.2 The Analysis of the Word-final Rhymes in English; 2.6.3 The Syllable Boundaries in the English Word-medial Consonant Clusters; 2.6.4 Summary; 2.7 The CVX Syllable Theory and the Slovak Language.
  • 2.7.1 A Single-slot Analysis of the Word-initial Consonant Clusters in Slovak2.7.2 The Analysis of the Word-final Rhymes in Slovak; 2.7.3 The Syllable Boundaries in the Slovak Word-medial Consonant Clusters; 2.7.4 Summary; Chapter Three; 3.1 The Three-dimensional Phonological Representation; 3.2 The Syllable Structure Algorithm; 3.2.1 The Syllable Structure Algorithm in English; 3.2.1.1. The Analysis; 3.2.2 The Syllable Structure Algorithm in Slovak; 3.2.2.1. Some Special Issues of Slovak Phonology; 3.2.2.1.1 Is Slovak ' j' a glide?; 3.2.2.1.2 The Problem of the Slovak 'v'
  • 3.2.2.2. The Analysis3.2.3 The Sonority-based Analysis; 3.2.3.1. The Sonority-based Analysis of the Word-initial CC and CCC Consonant Clusters in English; 3.2.3.2 The Sonority-based Analysis of the Word-initial Consonant Clusters in Slovak; 3.2.3.2.1 The Sonority-based Analysis of the Initial CC Clusters in Slovak; 3.2.3.2.2 The Sonority-based Analysis of the initial CCC Clusters in Slovak; 3.2.3.2.3 The Sonority-based Analysis of the initial CCCC Clusters in Slovak; 3.2.4 The Sonority and the Structure of the Syllable; 3.2.5 The SSA and Monosyllabic Words.