Quantity and prosodic asymmetries in Alemannic [[electronic resource] ] : synchronic and diachronic perspectives / / by Astrid Kraehenmann

• Autore: Kraehenmann Astrid
• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 2003
• Edizione: Reprint 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 431/.6
• Soggetto topico: Alemannic dialects - Prosodic analysis
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: GD 1800
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Theoretical background and assumptions -- Chapter 2. The synchronic sound system of Thurgovian -- Chapter 3. The Germanic legacy -- Chapter 4. Geminates: Phonetic evidence -- Chapter 5. Weight and stress patterns -- Conclusion -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: The comprehensive analysis of the segmental and metrical system of the Swiss German dialect of Thurgovian provides a significant contribution to both phonetic and phonological theory. Based on the author's original fieldwork and experimental investigations, it is the first in-depth study of this area, tracing it back also to its Old High German roots, particularly that of the dialect of Notker. Quantity alternations - notably word-initial long/short consonantal alternations - asymmetric neutralization of phonetic-phonological contrasts, stress and weight are most prominent among the theoretica
• Titolo autorizzato: Quantity and prosodic asymmetries in Alemannic
• ISBN: 1-282-10250-8; 9786612102509; 3-11-019722-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454458103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Phonology and phonetics ; ; 5.