Tones and features [[electronic resource] ] : phonetic and phonological perspectives / / edited by John A. Goldsmith, Elisabeth Hume, Leo Wetzels

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788420003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2010
• ISBN: 1-283-43001-0; 9786613430014; 3-11-024622-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Collana: Studies in generative grammar ; ; 107
• Altri autori (Persone): GoldsmithJohn A. <1951->; HumeElizabeth V. <1956->; WetzelsLeo
• Disciplina: 414/.8
• Soggetti: Phonetics; Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology
• 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: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The representation and nature of tone -- Do we need tone features? / Clements, G.N. / Michaud, Alexis / Patin, Cédric -- Rhythm, quantity and tone in the Kinyarwanda verb / Goldsmith, John / Mpiranya, Fidèle -- Do tones have features? / Hyman, Larry M. -- Features impinging on tone / Odden, David -- Downstep and linguistic scaling in Dagara-Wulé / Rialland, Annie / Somé, Penou-Achille -- 2. The representation and nature of phonological features -- Crossing the quantal boundaries of features: Subglottal resonances and Swabian diphthongs / Dogil, Grzegorz / Lulich, Steven M. / Madsack, Andreas / Wokurek, Wolfgang -- Voice assimilation in French obstruents: Categorical or gradient? / Hallé, Pierre A. / Adda-Decker, Martine -- An acoustic study of the Korean fricatives /s, sʹ/: Implications for the features [spread glottis] and [tense] / Kim, Hyunsoon / Park, Chae-Lim -- Autosegmental spreading in Optimality Theory / McCarthy, John J. -- Evaluating the effectiveness of Unified Feature Theory and three other feature systems / Mielke, Jeff / Magloughlin, Lyra / Hume, Elizabeth -- Language-; independent bases of distinctive features / Ridouane, Rachid / Clements, G. N. / Khatiwada, Rajesh -- Representation of complex segments in Bulgarian / Rubach, Jerzy -- Proposals for a representation of sounds based on their main acoustico-perceptual properties / Vaissière, Jacqueline -- The representation of vowel height and vowel height neutralization in Brazilian Portuguese (Southern Dialects) / Wetzels, W. Leo -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume includes papers by leading figures in phonetics and phonology on two topics central to phonological theory: tones and phonological features. Papers address a wide range of topics bearing on tones and features including their formal representation and phonetic foundation.