A survey of word accentual patterns in the languages of the world / / edited by Harry van der Hulst, Rob Goedemans, Ellen van Zanten

• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (896 p.)
• Disciplina: 414/.6; 414.6
• Soggetto topico: Accents and accentuation; Emphasis (Linguistics)
• Soggetto non controllato: Word Accent, Language Typology, Corpus Linguistics
• Classificazione: ET 225
• Altri autori: HulstHarry van der GoedemansRob ZantenEllen van
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Typological surveys -- pt. 2. StressTyp Data.
• Sommario/riassunto: In part I of this volume, experts on various language areas provide surveys of word stress/accent systems of as many languages in 'their' part of the world as they could lay their hands on. No preconditions (theoretical or otherwise) were set, but the authors were encouraged to use the StressTyp data in their chapters. Australian Languages (Rob Goedemans), Austronesian Languages (Ellen van Zanten, Ruben Stoel and Bert Remijsen), Papuan Languages (Ellen van Zanten and Philomena Dol), North American Languages (Keren Rice), South American Languages (Sergio Meira and Leo Wetzels), African Languages (Laura Downing), European Languages (Harry van der Hulst), Asian Languages (Harry van der Hulst and René Schiering), Middle Eastern Languages (Harry van der Hulst and Sam Hellmuth). There is an introductory chapter (Chapter 1) that will provide the reader with elementary terminology and theoretical tools to understand the variety of accentual systems that will be discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. Chapter 2 has a double function. It presents an overview of stress patterns in Australian languages, but at the same time it is intended to (re-)familiarize readers with the coding, terminology and theoretical ideas of the StressTyp database. Chapter 11 presents statistical and typological information from the StressTyp database. Part II of this volume contains 'language profiles' which are, for each of the 511 languages contained in StressTyp (in 2009), extracts from the information that is contained in the database. This volume will be of interest to people in the field of theoretical phonology and language typology. It will function as a reference work for these groups of researchers, but also, more generally, for people working on syntax and other fields of linguistics, who might wish to know certain basic facts about the distribution of word accent systems
• Titolo autorizzato: A survey of word accentual patterns in the languages of the world
• ISBN: 1-283-16469-8; 9786613164698; 3-11-019896-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910139283103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II