Segmental structures / edited by Jeroen van de Weijer, Vincent J. Heuven, Harry van der Hulst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heuven, Vincent van.

Hulst, Harry van der.

Weijer, Jeroen Maarten van de, 1965-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 233-234.

Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; 233-234

The phonological spectrum ; v.I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phonetics.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

x, 306 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub., 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The two volumes of the Phonological Spectrum aim at giving a comprehensive overview of current developments in phonological theory, by providing a number of papers in different areas of current theorizing which reflect on particular problems from different angles. Volume I is concerned with segmental structure, and focuses on nasality, voicing and other laryngeal features, as well as segmental timing. With respect to nasality, questions such as the phonetic underpinning of a distinctive feature [nasal] and the treatment of nasal harmony are treated. As for voicing, the behaviour of voicing assimilation in Dutch is covered while its application in German is examined with an eye to its implications for the stratification of the German lexicon. In the final section of volume I, the structure of diphthongs is examined, as well as the treatment of lenition and the relation between phonetic and phonological specification in sign language.

Contents:

THE PHONOLOGICAL SPECTRUM I

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Preface

Nasality, voice and more

Nasality

Nasal harmony in functional phonology

Reinterpreting transparency in nasal harmony

Can 'phonological' nasality be derived from phonetic nasality?

Voice

The role of phonology and phonetics in Dutch voice assimilation

Final Devoicing and the stratification of the lexicon in German

The laryngeal effect in Korean: Phonology or phonetics?

Time, tone and other things

The diphthong dynamics distinction in Swabian. How much timing is there in phonology?

Depression in Zulu: Tonal effects of segmental features

Weakening processes in the Optimality Framework

Base joint configuration in Sign Language of the Netherlands: Phonetic variation and phonological specification

Author index

Language index

Subject index

Table of contents, volume II

The Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (CILT) series.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612161582

9781282161580

128216158X

9789027296993

9027296995

OCLC:

732804242