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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809428603321

Autore

Robinson Orrin W. <1947->

Titolo

Whose German? : the ach/ich alternation and related phenomena in standard and colloquial / / Orrin W. Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, c2001

ISBN

1-282-16366-3

9786612163661

90-272-9952-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (ix, 169 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 208

Disciplina

431/.52

Soggetti

German language - Pronunciation

German language - Spoken German

German language - Variation

German language - Standardization

German language - Lexicography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-158) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

WHOSE GERMAN? -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. What is Standard German? -- Chapter 2. The ach/ich alternation The bare facts -- Chapter 3. Survey of the literature -- Chapter 4. Non-automatic [ç] -- Chapter 5. Consonantal environments for [ç] -- Chapter 6. More data from regional German -- Chapter 7. A Lexical Phonological reanalysis of the ach/ich rule -- Chapter 8. An analysis within Optimality Theory -- Chapter 9. Concluding remarks -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY.

Sommario/riassunto

In this title, the author addresses a number of issues in German and general phonology, using a specific problem in German phonology (the ach/ich alternation) as a springboard. These issues include the naturalness of the prescriptive standard in German.