The sound shape of language / Roman Jakobson, Linda R. Waugh ; assisted by Martha Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982.

Contributor:

Waugh, Linda R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Reading this volume transported me back to Harvard and MIT lecture halls of the 1960's, where weekly Roman Jakobson would spellbind his audience (this reviewer included), developing his vision of language through impassioned exposition, deft and devastating allusions to critical literature, anecdotes with the force of parables, metaphors of mythic imagery, and above all else overriding verbal artistry: truly in his own phrase, 'In the poetry of grammar'. The Sound Shape of Language, his collaboration with Linda R. Waugh, a scholar who has devoted considerable attention to an exposition and...

Contents:

Front matter

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

Chapter One: Speech Sounds and Their Tasks

Chapter Two: Quest for the Ultimate Constituents

Chapter Three: The Network of Distinctive Features

Chapter Four: The Spell of Speech Sounds

AFTERWORD

APPENDIX ONE: The Role of Phonic Elements in Speech Perception

APPENDIX TWO: On the Sound Shape of Language: Mediacy and Immediacy by Linda R. Waugh

REFERENCES

INDEX OF NAMES

INDEX OF LANGUAGES

INDEX OF TOPICS DISCUSSED

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110889451

3110889455

OCLC:

843204860