Componential analysis of Lushai phonology / Alfons Weidert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weidert, Alfons.

Series:

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

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science : series 4, Current issues in linguistic theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lushai language--Phonology.

Lushai language.

Lushai language--Grammar, Generative.

Componential analysis (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1975.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of this essay is to present a phonological analysis of Lushai, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Mizoram province of India, in terms of componential features applying - as mutation rules - to the morphophonological level. An analysis of this nature becomes possible if the concepts of phonological extension systems and redundancy-free representations are introduced. Alongside with the phonemic aspect, a semantic analysis of morpheme structure is required yielding the smallest significant units at different morphological or syntactic levels.

Contents:

COMPONENTIAL ANALYSIS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; 0.0. INTRODUCTION; 1.0. PHONOLOGICAL EXTENSION SYSTEMS; 2.0. MONOMORPHEMIC COMPONENTIAL PHONOLOGY; 3.0. POLYMORPHEMIC COMPONENTIAL PHONOLOGY; 4.0. FURTHER ISSUES CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF RULES; 5.0. SUMMARY; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-31459-2

9786613314598

90-272-8158-0

OCLC:

759101574