Phonological explorations : empirical, theoretical and diachronic issues / Bert Botma, Roland Noske (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Botma, Engbert Doede, 1972- editor.

Noske, Roland, editor.

Series:

Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 548.

Linguistische Arbeiten, 0344-6727 ; 548

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology, Comparative.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Speech perception.

Language acquisition.

Linguistic change.

Physical Description:

x, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2012.

Summary:

European and North American linguists intended to present the anthology to colleague and former teacher Norval Smith when he retired from the University of Amsterdam in September 2011; a year past deadline is not really "late" in academia. The 16 studies explore aspects of phonology that are of particular interest to him. The topics include allomorphy and the architecture of grammar, the distribution of vowels in English and trochaic proper government, frequency effects in Bantu height harmony, Maastricht Lumburgian high vowels as an example of quantity or durational enhancement of tone, and the Tibetan numerals segmentation problem and how virtual learners solve it. There is no index. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Allomorphy and the architecture of grammar / Geert Booij Booij, Geert 9

From prof to provo: some observations on Dutch clippings / Camiel Hamans Hamans, Camiel 25

Recursion in phonology? / Irene Vogel Vogel, Irene 41

The Grimm-Verner push chain and Contrast Preservation Theory / Roland Noske Noske, Roland 63

Segmental structure and vowel shifts / Janet Grijzenhout Grijzenhout, Janet 87

The distribution of vowels in English and trochaic proper government / Krisztina Polgárdi Polgárdi, Krisztina 111

A propos of the Dutch vowel system 21 years on, 22 years on / Bert Botma Botma, Bert, Marc van Oostendorp Oostendorp, Marc van 135

A minimal framework for vowel harmony / Harry van der Hulst Hulst, Harry van der 155

Greater than noise: frequency effects in Bantu height harmony / Diana Archangeli Archangeli, Diana, Jeff Mielke Mielke, Jeff, Douglas Pulleyblank Pulleyblank, Douglas 191

The phonological representation of the Limburgian tonal accents / Ben Hermans Hermans, Ben 223

Quantity or durational enhancement of tone: the case of Maastricht Limburgian high vowels / Carlos Gussenhoven Gussenhoven, Carlos 241

Using local constraint conjunction to discover constraints: the case of Mandarin Chinese / Jeroen M. van de Weijer Weijer, Jeroen M. van de 255

Implications of Harmonic Serialism for lexical tone association / John J. McCarthy McCarthy, John J., Kevin Mullin Mullin, Kevin, Brian W. Smith Smith, Brian W. 265

A constraint-based explanation of the McGurk effect / Paul Boersma Boersma, Paul 299

Liquids in a case of unfolding early L1 Dutch: from null realizations through free variation through probabilistically bound variation to lexical contrast / Frans Hinskens Hinskens, Frans 313

The Tibetan numerals segmentation problem and how virtual learners solve it / Diana Apoussidou Apoussidou, Diana 333.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783110295160

3110295164

9783110295177

3110295172

OCLC:

813300944