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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450812803321

Autore

Wheeler Max

Titolo

The phonology of Catalan [[electronic resource] /] / Max W. Wheeler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-90519-0

0-19-153159-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Collana

The phonology of the world's languages

Disciplina

449/.915

Soggetti

Catalan language - Phonology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-381) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 PHONOLOGICAL PRIMITIVES AND SEGMENT INVENTORIES; 3 SYLLABLE STRUCTURE; 4 PHRASAL PHONOLOGY: VOWEL SANDHI; 5 CODA VOICING NEUTRALIZATION AND ASSIMILATION; 6 CODA PLACE AND MANNER ASSIMILATION AND NEUTRALIZATION; 7 CLUSTER REDUCTION; 8 EPENTHESIS AND OTHER SONORITY-RELATED PHENOMENA; 9 STRESS, FEET, AND PHRASES; 10 WORD PHONOLOGY AND PHONOLOGICALLY CONDITIONED ALLOMORPHY; 11 THE SYLLABIFICATION OF PRONOMINAL CLITICS; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the most comprehensive account of Catalan phonology ever published. Approaching the subject a pragmatic version of orthodox Optimality Theory it describes the Spanish and French dialects of Catalan and the social and stylistic variations within them. This is likely to be the standard account of its subject for many years. - ;This is the most comprehensive account of Catalan phonology ever published. Catalan is a Romance language, occupying a position somewhere between French, Spanish, and Italian. It is the first language of six and a half million people in the northeastern Spain and o