Phonological domains : universals and deviations / edited by Janet Grijzenhout, Bars Kabak.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grijzenhout, Janet.

Kabak, Bars.

Series:

Interface explorations ; 16.

Interface explorations ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prosodic analysis (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Metrical phonology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Mouton de Gruyter, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book puts together recent theoretical developments in prosodic phonology by leading specialists and presents language particular investigations on the morphosyntax-phonology interface by expert linguists working on diverse languages such as German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Turkish.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Prosodic Phonology: An appraisal

Part 1. Prosodic Hierarchy and the Nature of Prosodic Constituents

The status of the Clitic Group

The distribution of phonological word domains: A probabilistic typology

Part 2. Adjunction, Recursion, and the Nature of Syntax-Phonology Mapping

Phrase-level and word-level syllables: Resyllabification and prosodization of clitics

An interface approach to prosodic word recursion

The extended prosodic word

Multiple spell-out, assembly problem, and syntax-phonology mapping

The role of Weight-by-Position in the prosodic development of Spanish and German

Decomposition of question intonation: The structure of response seeking utterances

Phonological domains in Modern Icelandic

Two phonologies

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612296598

9781282296596

1282296590

9783110217100

3110217104

OCLC:

500808562