Whose German? : the ach/ich alternation and related phenomena in standard and colloquial / Orrin W. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Orrin W., 1947-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 208.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 208

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German language--Pronunciation.

German language.

German language--Spoken German.

German language--Variation.

German language--Standardization.

German language--Lexicography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 169 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this title, the author addresses a number of issues in German and general phonology, using a specific problem in German phonology (the ach/ich alternation) as a springboard. These issues include the naturalness of the prescriptive standard in German.

Contents:

WHOSE GERMAN?

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. What is Standard German?

Chapter 2. The ach/ich alternation The bare facts

Chapter 3. Survey of the literature

Chapter 4. Non-automatic [ç]

Chapter 5. Consonantal environments for [ç]

Chapter 6. More data from regional German

Chapter 7. A Lexical Phonological reanalysis of the ach/ich rule

Chapter 8. An analysis within Optimality Theory

Chapter 9. Concluding remarks

References

Name Index

Subject Index

CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-158) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612163661

9781282163669

1282163663

9789027299529

9027299528

OCLC:

70769290