The segment in phonetics and phonology / edited by Eric Raimy and Charles E. Cairns ; contributors Christina Bjorndahl [and nineteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raimy, Eric, editor.

Cairns, Charles E., editor.

Bjorndahl, Christina, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phonetics.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Malden, Massachusetts : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Segment in Phonetics and Phonology unravels exactly what the segment is and on what levels it exists, approaching the study of the segment with theoretical, empirical, and methodological heterogeneity as its guiding principle. A deliberately eclectic approach to the study of the segment that investigates exactly what the segment is and on what level it exists Includes new research data from a diverse range of fields such as experimental psycholinguistics, language acquisition, and mathematical theories of communication Represents the major theoretical models of phonology,

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1 Scope and background; 2 A short history of the segment; 3 Contemporary issues concerning the segment; 4 The contents of this volume; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Part I Is Segmentation Real?; Chapter 2 The Segment in Articulatory Phonology; 1 Introduction; 2 Why should a phonology be articulatory?; 3 Articulatory phonology; 4 Gestural scores; 5 Does it matter that segments do not emerge transparently in articulatory phonology?; 6 Arguments for segments and articulatory phonology

7 Duality patterning and the particulate principle 8 Spontaneous errors of speech production; 9 The alphabetic principle; 10 Languages are not tidy; 11 Coupling relations among gestures in articulatory phonology; 12 Coupling strength; 13 Hidden gestures?; 14 Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Beyond the Segment; 1 Introduction; 2 Binary and ternary systems of length; 3 English paves the way for Estonian; 4 The fortis/lenis hypothesis; 5 Estonian meets English; 6 Bisyllabic words; 7 When morphology intervenes; 8 Conclusion; Notes; References

Chapter 4 A Prosodic Theory of Vocalic Contrasts 1 Introduction; 2 Complex margins are vocalically simple; 3 No conflicting vocalic contrasts within a margin; 4 No pre/post contrasts within a margin; 5 No segment/cluster contrasts within a margin; 6 Problematic contrasts in Russian; 7 Assimilation; 8 Implications: from segments to seglets; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Segmentation and Pinky Extension in ASL Fingerspelling; 1 Introduction; 2 Pinky extension coarticulation; 3 Segmentation; 4 Conclusions; Appendix: regression model of pinky extension coarticulation

Acknowledgments Notes; References; Chapter 6 Categorical Segments, Probabilistic Models; 1 Introduction; 2 Gradience and categoricality; 3 A probabilistic approach to phonological relationships; 4 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Part II What Are the Roles of Segments in Phonology?; Chapter 7 The Opponent Principle in RcvP: Binarity in a Unary System; 1 Introduction; 2 A very brief history of Element Theory (ET); 3 Radical CV Phonology; 4 The 3/4 problem; 5 Wood's system of articulatory features; 6 Articulatory and acoustic correlates of elements; 7 The 2/3 problem

8 Conclusions Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Chapter 8 Why the Palatal Glide Is Not a Consonant in Japanese: Dependency based Analysis; 1 Introduction; 2 The segment in phonology; 3 The palatal glide j in Japanese; 4 Representing the Palatal glide j; 5 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Chapter 9 Determining Cross-Linguistic Phonological Similarity Between Segments: The Primacy of Abstract Aspects of Similarity; 1 Introduction; 2 Components of phonological similarity and their interaction; 3 Phonemic similarity in cross-linguistic research; 4 Discussion; 5 Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118555347

1118555341

9781118555491

111855549X

OCLC:

904801345