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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453307803321

Autore

Kristoffersen Gjert

Titolo

The Phonology of Norwegian [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2007

ISBN

1-282-36575-4

0-19-154393-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Collana

The Phonology of the World's Languages

Disciplina

439.8215

Soggetti

Norwegian language

Norwegian language - Phonology

Languages & Literatures

Germanic Languages

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations and Symbols; Map; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SEGMENTS: INVENTORY AND FEATURE SPECIFICATIONS; 3. PHONOTACTIC CONSTRAINTS; 4. WORD PHONOLOGY; 5. SYLLABLE STRUCTURE; 6. STRESS ASSIGNMENT IN SIMPLEX WORDS; 7. CYCLIC STRESS ASSIGNMENT; 8. CYCLIC SYLLABIFICATION; 9. TONAL ACCENTS; 10. INTONATION AND RHYTHM; 11. POSTLEXICAL SEGMENTAL PHONOLOGY; 12. ORTHOGRAPHIC CONVENTIONS; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Norwegian language has undergone considerable change in the last 180 years, and in this book Gjert Kristoffersen considers the abundant evidence in order to provide us with an original analysis of the ways in which the sounds and meanings of competing languages may change and evolve. - ;This is a comprehensive account of the phonetic and phonological properties of Norwegian. The author considers the structure of the lexicon and the principles by which the ordering of sounds in Norwegian can be defined. He then discusses word phonology and its interaction with lexical structure; the princip