Auditory representations in phonology / / Edward S. Flemming

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790658103321
• Autore: Flemming Edward Stanton <1968-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-135-72625-6; 1-138-96414-X; 1-315-05480-9; 1-135-72618-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Collana: Outstanding dissertations in linguistics
• Disciplina: 414
• Soggetti: Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology; Distinctive features (Linguistics); Opposition (Linguistics)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--UCLA, 1995.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-168) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- 2. The dispersion theory of contrast -- 3. Ways of maximizing distinctiveness -- 4. Consonant-vowel assimilation -- 5. Neutralization -- 6. Minimization of allomorphy -- 7. Conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides evidence for the importance of auditory properties of speech sounds in phonology.

Alt 40 : African Literature Comes of Age

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910727243103321
• Autore: Emenyo̲nu Ernest <1939->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Woodbridge : , : Boydell & Brewer, Limited, , 2022; ©2023
• ISBN: 1-80010-567-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Collana: African Literature Today Series
• Altri autori (Persone): RoyParamita Routh; AhumibeNonye Chinyere; IsiguzoChikwurah Destiny; Adebiyi-AdelabuKazeem; NegriAlexandra; DioufChristophe Sékène; EhanireBenedicta Adeola; GamboSani; MushakavanhuTinashe
• Disciplina: 809.8896
• Soggetti: African literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Editorial Article -- African Literature Comes of Age -- Articles -- Of Literature &amp -- Medicine -- Post-humanism &amp -- Speciesism in African Literature -- Manifestations of Masculinities in Adichie's Novels -- Female Narratives &amp -- New Visions in African Women's Writing -- Religion, Capitalism &amp -- Politics -- Gang Violence on the Cape Flats in Rossouw's What Will People Say? -- Denunciation of Religious Collusion in Devil on the Cross/Matigari -- The Weapons of Subjugation in Mbue's How Beautiful We Were -- Abrogating Aesthetic Boundaries in Contemporary Nigerian Poetry -- The End of Robert Mugabe -- The Text &amp -- Textual Fields of African Popular Literature -- Literary Supplement -- Kasimma: Ezuga (Short Story) -- Eugen M. Bacon: Four Poems -- Tributes -- Remembering Professor Charles R. Larson -- The End of an Era -- Reviews -- Kasimma. All ; Shades of Iberibe -- Egbuta &amp -- Chukwu (eds). World on the Brinks -- Evelyn N. Urama (ed). The Writer in the Mirror -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 'Zikora: A Short Story' -- Isidore Diala (ed). Obumselu on African Literature -- Imbolo Mbue. Behold the Dreamers -- Tijan M. Sallah. Saani Baat.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores and interrogates the many and diverse perspectives of the new frontiers of African literary studies.