Syllable and word languages / edited by Javier Caro Reina, Renata Szczepaniak.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reina, Javier Caro, editor.

Szczepaniak, Renata, editor.

Series:

Linguae & litterae ; Volume 40.

linguae & litterae, 1869-7054 ; Volume 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Phonology.

Language and languages.

Language and languages--Syllabication.

Language and languages--Word formation.

Historical linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first volume concerned with the phonological typology of syllable and word languages, based on the model of a complex, multi-layered and hierarchically structured phonological system. The main typological claim is that the phonetic and phonological make-up of a language depends on the relevance of the prosodic categories. In previous research, the syllable and the phonological word have already proved to be typologically important. The contributions in this volume discuss theoretical questions and address issues such as the variable structure of the phonological word, the interplay between phonetics and phonology as well as the effect of a language's phonological make-up on its morphology or lexicon. The volume provides detailed synchronic and diachronic analyses of (Non-)Indo-European languages which will serve as a basis for further typological research.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations and symbols

Preface / Auer, Peter

Introduction: Syllable and word languages / Caro, Javier / Szczepaniak, Renata

Part 1: Theoretical issues

The typology of syllable and word languages and Swedish phonological structure / Eliasson, Stig

Syllable complexity in the diachrony of Romance languages: A center vs. periphery view and the syllable vs. word rhythm paradigm / Heinz, Matthias

Pervasive syllables and phonological unity in words / Kabak, Barış

Monosyllabic Lengthening in German and its relation to the syllable vs. word language typology / Seiler, Guido / Würth, Kathrin

Vowel and consonant epentheses in the history of German from the typological perspective of syllable and word languages / Szczepaniak, Renata

Part 2: Diachronic approaches

Scandinavian word phonology: Evidence for a typological cycle / Braunmüller, Kurt

Syllable- and word-related developments in earlier Indo-Iranian / Joachim, Martin

From Christel to Christina, from Klaus to Nico: A diachronic study of German first names (1945-2010) and their shift towards the syllable language type / Nübling, Damaris

Part 3: Synchronic approaches (Germanic languages)

Reduction and deletion of glottal stops and geminates at phonological word boundaries in German compounds: Effects of word frequency and accentuation / Bergmann, Pia

Phonological domains in Luxembourgish and their relevance for the phonological system / Gilles, Peter

Low German: A profile of a word language / Höder, Steffen

Phonological and phonetic considerations for a classification of Swiss German dialects as a word language or a syllable language / Siebenhaar, Beat

Part 4: Synchronic approaches (Romance languages)

Central Catalan in the framework of the typology of syllable and word languages / Reina, Javier Caro

Batidas latinas: On rhythm and meter in Spanish and Portuguese and other forms of music / Reich, Uli / Rohrmeier, Martin

Syllable typology and the rhythm class hypothesis: Evidence from Italo-Romance dialects / Schmid, Stephan

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110383959

3110383950

9783110346992

3110346990

OCLC:

1024052059