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UNINA9910957795203321 |
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Autore |
Zhang Jie <1971-> |
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The effects of duration and sonority on contour tone distribution : a typological survey and formal analysis / / Jie Zhang |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-136-72176-2 |
1-315-02413-6 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (293 p.) |
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Outstanding dissertations in linguistics |
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Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology |
Tone (Phonetics) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published in 2002 by Routledge"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-276) and index. |
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Cover; Original Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Background; 1.1 Two Examples of Contour Tone Distribution; 1.1.1 Contour Tones on Long Vowels Only; 1.1.2 Contour Tones on Stressed Syllables Only; 1.2 Questions Raised by the Examples; 1.3 How This Work Evaluates The Different Predictions; 1.3.1 A Survey of Contour Tone Distribution; 1.3.2 Instrumental Case Studies; 1.4 Putting Contour Tone Distribution in a Bigger Picture; 1.4.1 Phonetically-Driven Phonology; 1.4.2 Positional Prominence |
1.4.3 Competing Approaches to Positional Prominence1.5 Outline; 2 The Phonetics of Contour Tones; 2.1 Overview; 2.2 The Importance of Sonority for Contour Tone Bearing; 2.3 The Importance of Duration for Contour Tone Bearing; 2.4 The Irrelevance of Onsets to Contour Tone Bearing; 2.5 Local Conclusion; 3 Empirical Predictions of Different Approaches; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Defining CONTOUR and Tonal Complexity; 3.3 Phonological Factors That Influence Duration and Sonority of the Rime; 3.4 Predictions of Contour Tone Distribution by Different Approaches; 3.4.1 The Direct Approach |
3.4.2 Contrast-Specific Positional Markedness3.4.3 General-Purpose Positional Markedness; 3.4.4 The Moraic Approach; 3.5 Local Conclusion; 4 The Role of Contrast-Specific Phonetics in Contour Tone Distribution: A Survey; 4.1 Overview of the Survey; 4.2 Segmental |
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Composition; 4.2.1 General Observations; 4.2.2 Example Languages; 4.2.3 Local Conclusion: Segmental Effects; 4.3 Stress; 4.3.1 General Observations; 4.3.2 Example Languages; 4.3.3 Local Conclusion: Stress Effects; 4.4 Prosodic-Final Position; 4.4.1 General Observations; 4.4.2 Example Languages; 4.4.3 Local Conclusion: Final Effects |
4.5 Number of Syllables in the Word4.5.1 General Observations; 4.5.2 Example Languages; 4.5.3 Local Conclusion: Syllable Count Effects; 4.6 Other Distributional Properties and Exceptions; 4.6.1 Other Distributional Properties; 4.6.2 Durational Factors Not Reflected in the Contour Tone Survey; 4.6.3 Languages with No Clearly Documented Contour Tone Restrictions; 4.6.4 Exceptions; 4.7 Interim Conclusion; 4.8 Prospectus; 5 The Role of Language-Specific Phonetics in Contour Tone Distribution: Instrumental Studies; 5.1 Identifying Relevant Languages; 5.2 Instrumental Studies; 5.2.1 Xhosa |
5.2.2 Beijing Chinese5.2.3 Standard Thai; 5.2.4 Cantonese; 5.2.5 Navajo; 5.2.6 Somali; 5.3 Lama and Konni; 5.4 General Discussion; 6 Against Structure-Only Alternatives; 6.1 The Moraic Approach; 6.1.1 The Roles of the Mora in Phonology; 6.1.2 Advantages of Prosodic-Final Syllables and Syllables in Shorter Words; 6.1.3 Levels of Distinction; 6.1.4 Differences among Tones with the Same Number of Pitch Targets; 6.1.5 The Size of Tonal Inventory of Different Syllable Types; 6.1.6 Moraic Inconsistency; 6.1.7 Indirect Evidence: Diphthong Distribution; 6.1.8 Local Conclusion |
6.2 The Melody Mapping Approach |
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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
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UNINA9910967757003321 |
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Autore |
Coons John E |
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By nature equal : the anatomy of a Western insight / / John E. Coons and Patrick M. Brennan ; with a foreword by John Witte, Jr |
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1999 |
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9786612753626 |
9781282753624 |
1282753622 |
9781400822881 |
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9781400811298 |
1400811295 |
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Edizione |
[Core Textbook] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (388 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BrennanPatrick M. <1966-> |
WitteJohn, Jr., <1959-> |
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Equality - Philosophy |
Equality - Religious aspects |
Equality before the law |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-348) and index. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND APOLOGY / Coons, John E. -- FOREWORD / Witte, John -- INTRODUCTION: In Search of a Descriptive Human Equality -- PART I: HUMAN EQUALITY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? -- PART II: COULD THE PHILOSOPHERS BELIEVE IN HUMAN EQUALITY? -- PART III: COULD THE CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN HUMAN EQUALITY? -- PART IV: GOOD PERSONS AND THE COMMON GOOD -- NOTES -- INDEX |
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What do we mean when we refer to people as being equal by nature? In the first book devoted to human equality as a fact rather than as a social goal or a legal claim, John Coons and Patrick Brennan argue that even if people possess unequal talents or are born into unequal circumstances, all may still be equal if it is true that human nature provides them the same access to moral self-perfection. Plausibly, in |
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the authors' view, such access stems from the power of individuals to achieve goodness simply by doing the best they can to discover and perform correct actions. If people enjoy the same degree of natural capacity to try, all of us are offered the same opportunities for moral self-fulfillment. To believe this is to believe in equality. This truly interdisciplinary work not only proposes the authors' own rationale but also provides an effective deconstruction of several other contemporary theories of equality, while it engages historical, philosophical, and Christian accounts as well. Furthermore, by divorcing the "best" from the "brightest," it shows how descriptive equality acquires practical significance. Among other accomplishments, By Nature Equal offers communitarians a core principle that has until now eluded them, rescues human dignity from the hierarchy of intellect, identifies racism in a new way, and shows how justice can be freshly grounded in the conviction that every rational person has the same capacity for moral excellence. |
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