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A substance-free framework for phonology : an analysis of the Breton dialect of Bothoa /

What is the relationship between phonetics and phonology? Are phonological features innate and universal, and do they have fixed phonetic correlates? These questions have received renewed prominence in theoretical debates, and this book explores them from a modular, substance-free perspective. This...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Iosad, Pavel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, 2017.
Series:Edinburgh studies in theoretical linguistics ; 2.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; 2: Conceptual foundations of substance-free phonology; 3: Representational assumptions; 4: Computational assumptions; 5: Complexity and markedness in substance-free phonology; 6: The Breton language; 7: Segments and representations; 8: Suprasegmental phonology; 9: The phonology of vowels; 10: The phonology of consonants: palatalization and gliding; 11: Laryngeal phonology; 12:; Conclusion; References.