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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813144003321

Titolo

Segmental structures / / edited by Jeroen van de Weijer, Vincent J. Heuven, Harry van der Hulst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2003

ISBN

1-282-16158-X

9786612161582

90-272-9699-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 306 p

Collana

Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; 233-234

The phonological spectrum ; ; v.I

Altri autori (Persone)

HeuvenVincent van

HulstHarry van der

WeijerJeroen Maarten van de <1965->

Disciplina

414

Soggetti

Phonetics

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE PHONOLOGICAL SPECTRUM I -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Nasality, voice and more -- Nasality -- Nasal harmony in functional phonology -- Reinterpreting transparency in nasal harmony -- Can 'phonological' nasality be derived from phonetic nasality? -- Voice -- The role of phonology and phonetics in Dutch voice assimilation -- Final Devoicing and the stratification of the lexicon in German -- The laryngeal effect in Korean: Phonology or phonetics? -- Time, tone and other things -- The diphthong dynamics distinction in Swabian. How much timing is there in phonology? -- Depression in Zulu: Tonal effects of segmental features -- Weakening processes in the Optimality Framework -- Base joint configuration in Sign Language of the Netherlands: Phonetic variation and phonological specification -- Author index -- Language index -- Subject index -- Table of contents, volume II -- The Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (CILT) series.

Sommario/riassunto

The two volumes of the Phonological Spectrum aim at giving a comprehensive overview of current developments in phonological



theory, by providing a number of papers in different areas of current theorizing which reflect on particular problems from different angles. Volume I is concerned with segmental structure, and focuses on nasality, voicing and other laryngeal features, as well as segmental timing. With respect to nasality, questions such as the phonetic underpinning of a distinctive feature [nasal] and the treatment of nasal harmony are treated. As for voicing, the behaviour of voicing assimilation in Dutch is covered while its application in German is examined with an eye to its implications for the stratification of the German lexicon. In the final section of volume I, the structure of diphthongs is examined, as well as the treatment of lenition and the relation between phonetic and phonological specification in sign language.