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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810688103321

Autore

Weijer Jeroen Maarten van de <1965->

Titolo

Segmental structure and complex segments / / Jeroen van de Weijer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tùˆbingen : , : M. Niemeyer, , 1996

ISBN

3-11-095529-6

Edizione

[Reprint 2015]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 pages)

Collana

Linguistische Arbeiten, , 0344-6727 ; ; 350

Disciplina

414

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology

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.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Vowel place elements -- Chapter 2 Consonant place elements -- Chapter 3 Complex segments and phonological complexity -- Chapter 4 Head-dependent asymmetries at the segmental level -- Chapter 5 Manner primitives -- Chapter 6 Colour mixing in consonants -- Chapter 7 Affricates -- Chapter 8 Prenasalised stops -- Chapter 9 /s/ plus stop clusters -- Chapter 10 Two-root complex segments -- References

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers a theory of phonological structure which pays particular attention to the representation of 'complex segments', such as affricates. The first two chapters are concerned with the primitives needed to express place of articulation in phonological segments. In chapters 3 and 4 the relevance of complex segments to phonological theory is discussed from a general perspective. Chapter 3 also provides a general formalisation of complexity in segmental phonology, namely as branching in the segmental structure. Chapter 5 is concerned with the structure of the other phonological dimension that is investigated, namely manner. The second part of the volume deals with specific studies of segmental complexity on the place and the manner dimension, respectively: chapter 6 is concerned with place complexity, and chapters 7-9 with manner complexity. Chapter 7 deals with affricates, chapter 8 with prenasalised stops and chapter 9 with /s/ plus stop clusters. Chapter 10, finally, discusses a category of segments which combine two root nodes under a single timing position, such as consonants with secondary articulation and short diphthongs.