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Autore |
Mielke Jeff |
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Titolo |
The emergence of distinctive features [[electronic resource] /] / Jeff Mielke |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-03472-9 |
1-281-34145-2 |
9786611341459 |
0-19-152594-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (299 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford linguistics |
Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Distinctive features (Linguistics) |
Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; List of figures and tables; Abbreviations; 1 Natural classes and distinctive features in phonology; 2 Phonetic and psycholinguistic evidence; 3 Survey methods; 4 Ambivalent segments; 5 Emergent feature theory; 6 General survey results; 7 Survey results in terms of feature theories; 8 The emergence of linguistic structure; Appendix A: Languages in the survey; Appendix B: Detailed survey results; Appendix C: Detailed phonetic similarity results; References; Language Index; Feature index; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Jeff Mielke presents the results of a crosslinguistic survey of natural classes of distinctive features covering almost six hundred of the world's languages drawn from a variety of different families. In doing so he systematically tests the supposition that features are innate and universal rather than learned and language-specific. - ;This book makes a fundamental contribution to phonology, linguistic typology, and the nature of the human language faculty. Distinctive features in phonology distinguish one meaningful sound from another. Since the mid-twentieth century they have been seen as a |
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