Prosodic features and prosodic structure : the phonology of suprasegmentals / Anthony Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Anthony, 1943- author.

Series:

Oxford linguistics.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford linguistics

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prosodic analysis (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This overall view of the nature of prosodic features of language - accent, stress, rhythm, tone, pitch, and intonation - shows how these connect to sound systems and meaning.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The Nature of Prosodic Features; 1.2 The Phonetic Basis; 1.3 The Phonological Basis; 1.4 The Scope of Prosodic Features; 2. Length; 2.1 Introduction: The Nature and Status of Length; 2.2 Background to the Study of Length; 2.2.1 The Classical Tradition; 2.2.2 Early Phoneticians; 2.2.3 Early Experimental Phonetics; 2.2.4 The Phonetics and Phonology of Length; 2.3 Preliminaries to the Phonology of Length; 2.3.1 Phonological Perspectives on Length; 2.3.2 The Phonological Role of Length; 2.3.3 A Note on Terminology

2.4 The Paradigmatic Interpretation of Length2.4.1 Introduction; 2.4.2 Length and Phonological Oppositions; 2.4.3 The Distinctive Features of Length; 2.4.4 Quality vs. Quantity; 2.4.5 Conclusion; 2.5 The Syntagmatic Interpretation of Length; 2.5.1 Introduction; 2.5.2 'Analytic Length'; 2.5.3 The Distributional Analysis of Length; 2.5.4 The Mora (1); 2.5.5 Conclusion; 2.6 Length and the Syllable; 2.6.1 Length and Syllable Structure; 2.6.2 Syllable Weight; 2.6.3 The Syllable as a Unit of Length; 2.7 The Non-linear Approach to Length; 2.7.1 Introduction

2.7.2 The Non-linear Representation of Syllable Structure2.7.3 The Non-linear Representation of Length; 2.7.4 Lengthening Processes; 2.8 Length as a Prosodic Feature; 2.8.1 Introduction; 2.8.2 'Chronemes'; 2.8.3 The Mora (2); 2.8.4 The 'Weight Tier' and Moraic Phonology; 2.9 Length and Prosodic Structure; 2.9.1 Introduction: Syllable Quantity; 2.9.2 Rhythm; 2.9.3 Timing; 2.9.4 Segment Length in a Prosodic Context; 2.9.5 The Relevance of Prosodic Structure; 2.10 Conclusion; 2.10.1 The Stratification of Length; 2.10.2 The Typology of Length; 3. Accent; 3.1 Introduction

3.1.1 The Status of Accent3.1.2 Background to the Study of Accent; 3.2 The Phonetic Basis of Accent; 3.2.1 Introduction; 3.2.2 Accent and the Speaker; 3.2.3 Accent and the Hearer; 3.2.4 Conclusion: What is Accent?; 3.3 The Phonological Basis of Accent; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 The Paradigmatic Analysis of Accent; 3.3.3 The Functional Analysis of Accent; 3.3.4 Pitch-accent; 3.4 Accentual Structure; 3.4.1 Introduction; 3.4.2 Accentual Units; 3.4.3 The Accentual Hierarchy: Accent as Prosodic Organization; 3.5 The Representation of Accent; 3.5.1 Introduction; 3.5.2 Distinctive Features of Accent

3.5.3 The Metrical Representation of Accent3.5.4 Evaluation; 3.6 The Specification of Accent; 3.6.1 Assigning Accent; 3.6.2 Stress and Syntax; 3.6.3 Non-cyclical Approaches; 3.6.4 The Status of 'Stress Contours'; 3.7 Conclusion: Accent and Prosodic Structure; 4. Tone; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 The Nature of Tone; 4.1.2 Background to the Study of Tone; 4.1.3 The Phonetic Basis of Tone; 4.1.4 The Notation of Tone; 4.2 Preliminaries to the Phonology of Tone; 4.2.1 Phonetic vs. Phonological Analysis of Tone; 4.2.2 'Perturbations'; 4.3 The Paradigmatic Analysis of Tone; 4.3.1 Tones and Tone-systems

4.3.2 Levels vs. Contours

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-396) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-01260-1

1-283-66470-4

0-19-158976-4

0-585-48348-5

OCLC:

813536325