Consonant structure and prevocalization [[electronic resource] /] / Natalie Operstein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459143403321
• Autore: Operstein Natalie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2010
• ISBN: 1-281-04258-7; 9786613773579; 90-272-9090-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Collana: Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; 312
• Disciplina: 414
• Soggetti: Consonants; Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology; Vowels; 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Consonant Structure and Prevocalization; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Preface & acknowledgments; Part 1. The theory; Chapter 1. Consonant prevocalization; 1.1 Goals and organization of the study; 1.2 Data and definitions; 1.3 Conditioning factors; 1.4 CP and vowel diphthongization; 1.5 Toward a theory of CP; 1.6 Theoretical approaches; 1.6.1 Vocalization of primary stricture; 1.6.2 Vowel diphthongization; 1.7 Summary and conclusion; Chapter 2. Intrasegmental consonant structure; 2.1 Preliminaries; 2.2 The analytical framework; 2.3 CP and the bigestural structure of consonants2.3.1 Intrasegmental gestures; 2.3.2 CP of secondarily modified consonants; 2.3.3 CP of plain consonants; 2.4 Summary and outlook; Chapter 3. Related processes; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Consonant postvocalization; 3.3 Syllabic consonants; 3.4 Alternatives to CP; 3.4.1 Vowel intrusion; 3.4.2 (Compensatory) vowel lengthening; 3.5 Summary and outlook; Part 2. The data; Chapter 4. Front prevowels; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Palatalized consonants; 4.2.1 Preliminary considerations; 4.2.2 Contrastively palatalized consonants; 4.2.3 Contextually palatalized consonants4.2.4 Palatal umlaut; 4.3 Palatals; 4.3.1 Preliminary considerations; 4.3.2 Catalan, French, Portuguese; 4.3.3 English; 4.3.4 Other languages; 4.3.5 Palatals in loanwords; 4.4 Alveolars; 4.4.1 Liquids; 4.4.2 /s/; 4.4.3 /n/; 4.4.4 Word-final weakening; 4.5 Summary and conclusion; Chapter 5. Other prevowels; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Prevelarization and prelabialization; 5.2.1 Dentals; 5.2.2 Dark [ł]; 5.2.3 Velar nasal; 5.2.4 Broad consonants in Gaelic; 5.2.5 Back umlaut and breaking; 5.2.6 Labial and labialized consonants; 5.3 Postvelar consonants; 5.4 Retroflex consonants5.5 Summary and conclusion; Chapter 6. Conclusions and outlook; References; Appendix 1. Rosapelly's vocaloid; Appendix 2. Languages in the survey; Index of languages; Index of subjects and terms
• Sommario/riassunto: This monograph proposes a new interpretation of the intrasegmental structure of consonants and provides the first systematic intra- and cross-linguistic study of consonant prevocalization. The proposed model represents consonants as inherently bigestural and makes strong predictions that are automatically relevant to phonological theory at both the diachronic and synchronic levels, and also to the phonetics of articulatory evolution. It also clearly demonstrates that a wide generalization of the notion of consonant prevocalization provides a uniform account for many well-known processes genera