Vowel harmony and correspondence theory / by Martin Kramer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krämer, Martin, 1969-

Series:

Studies in generative grammar ; 66.

Studies in generative grammar ; 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Vowel harmony.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vowel Harmony and Correspondence Theory covers the major issues in the generative analysis of vowel harmony and vowel harmony typology. The book offers an economical account of the most prominent features of vowel harmony systems (root control, affix control, dominance, vowel opacity, and neutrality) within the framework of optimality theory, extending the notion of correspondence to the syntagmatic dimension. The book contains a typological overview of vowel harmony patterns, an introduction to the basics of optimality theory including some of its most recent extensions and detailed studies of harmony systems in 10 languages from a variety of language families.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Part I: The phenomenon and the theoretical background

Chapter 1. An introduction to vowel harmony

Chapter 2. Optimality Theory and the formalisation of harmony

Chapter 3. Cyclicity and phonological opacity as constraint coordination and positional faithfulness

Part II: Case studies

Chapter 4. Edge effects and positional integrity

Chapter 5. Vowel transparency as balance

Chapter 6. Trojan vowels and phonological opacity

Chapter 7. General conclusion

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-298) and index.

ISBN:

9786612193842

9781282193840

1282193848

9783110197310

3110197316

OCLC:

191935488