The emergence of distinctive features / Jeff Mielke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mielke, Jeff, author.

Series:

Oxford linguistics.

Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford linguistics

Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distinctive features (Linguistics).

Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jeff Mielke presents the results of a crosslinguistic survey of natural classes of distinctive features covering almost 600 of the world's languages drawn from a variety of different families. In doing so he systematically tests the supposition that features are innate and universal rather than learned and language-specific.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; List of figures and tables; Abbreviations; 1 Natural classes and distinctive features in phonology; 2 Phonetic and psycholinguistic evidence; 3 Survey methods; 4 Ambivalent segments; 5 Emergent feature theory; 6 General survey results; 7 Survey results in terms of feature theories; 8 The emergence of linguistic structure; Appendix A: Languages in the survey; Appendix B: Detailed survey results; Appendix C: Detailed phonetic similarity results; References; Language Index; Feature index; Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-263) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03472-9

1-281-34145-2

9786611341459

0-19-152594-4

OCLC:

437096243