Markedness and faithfulness in vowel systems /

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Miglio argues that to assess the relative markedness of a segment, frequency of occurrence in vowel inventories is insufficient when considered on its own. In its analysis of the Great Vowel Shift, this book elaborates a more useful model of a unitary change even in a surface-oriented theory such as...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miglio, Viola, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2005.
Series:Outstanding dissertations in linguistics.
Subjects:
Vowels.
Markedness (Linguistics)
Optimality theory (Linguistics)
Typology (Linguistics)
Voyelles.
Marque (Linguistique)
Théorie de l'optimalité (Linguistique)
Typologie (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Phonetics & Phonology.
Lautwandel
Mundart
Markiertheit
Gemarkeerdheid (taalkunde)
Klinkers.
Optimality theory.
Brasilien
Mantua
Portugiesisch.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Vowel systems : reduction and change
  • chapter 2. Mantuan vowel deletion
  • chapter 3. Romance vowel reduction phenomena
  • chapter 4. Mantuan chain shifts
  • chapter 5. Diachronic chain shifts : the great vowel shift
  • chapter 6. Conclusions.

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