Studies on the phonological word [[electronic resource] /] / edited by T. Alan Hall, Ursula Kleinhenz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456485903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1999
• ISBN: 1-283-15845-0; 9786613158451; 90-272-8402-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 174
• Altri autori (Persone): HallT. Alan; KleinhenzUrsula
• Disciplina: 414/.6
• Soggetti: Word (Linguistics); Prosodic analysis (Linguistics); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Most of the following papers were presented at the 'Conference on the Phonological Word', which took place on 24-26 October, 1997 in Berlin"--p. 1.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: STUDIES ON THE PHONOLOGICAL WORD; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; CONTRIBUTORS; THE PHONOLOGICAL WORD: A REVIEW*; WORDS AND PROSODIC PHRASING IN LUSHOOTSEED NARRATIVE*; THE ROLE OF THE PROSODIC WORD IN PHONOTACTIC GENERALIZATIONS*; PROSODIC STEM? PROSODIC WORD IN BANTU1; PHONOTACTICS AND THE PROSODIC STRUCTURE OF GERMAN FUNCTION WORDS*; DIAGNOSTICS FOR PROSODIC WORDS REVISITED: THE CASE OF HISTORICALLY PREFIXED WORDS IN ENGLISH*; THE ""WORD"" IN TWO POLYSYNTHETIC LANGUAGES*; CLITICIZATION AND PROSODIC WORDS IN A SIGN LANGUAGE1; ON THE PROSODIC STATUS OF STRESSLESS FUNCTION WORDS IN EUROPEAN PORTUGUESE*INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: The present volume consists of nine articles dealing with the role of the constituent 'phonological word' (or 'prosodic word') in various typologically diverse languages. These languages and their respective ; families subsume Indo-European (Dutch, German, English, European Portuguese), Bantu (SiSwati, KiNande), Algonquian (Cree), Siouan (Dakota), and Salishan (Lushootseed). One contribution examines the phonological word in a sign language.The theoretical issues dealt with in the book include: evidence for the phonological word (e.g. rules, phonotactics, syllabification, stress patterns),