Handbook of Japanese phonetics and phonology / edited by Haruo Kubozono.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kubozono, Haruo, editor.

Series:

Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics

Handbooks of Japanese language and linguistics, 2199-2851 ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese language--Phonology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Japanese language.

Japanese language--Phonetics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (808 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is the first comprehensive handbook of Japanese phonetics and phonology describing the basic phonetic and phonological structures of modern Japanese with main focus on standard Tokyo Japanese. Its primary goal is to provide a comprehensive overview and descriptive generalizations of major phonetic and phonological phenomena in modern Japanese by reviewing important studies in the fields over the past century. It also presents a summary of interesting questions that remain unsolved in the literature. The volume consists of eighteen chapters in addition to an introduction to the whole volume. In addition to providing descriptive generalizations of empirical phonetic/phonological facts, this volume also aims to give an overview of major phonological theories including, but not restricted to, traditional generative phonology, lexical phonology, prosodic morphology, intonational phonology, and the more recent Optimality Theory. It also touches on theories of speech perception and production. This book serves as a comprehensive guide to Japanese phonetics and phonology for all interested in linguistics and speech sciences.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Introduction to the Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics

Table of contents

Contributors

I Introduction to Japanese phonetics and phonology

1 The phonetics of sokuon, or geminate obstruents

2 The phonology of sokuon, or geminate obstruents

3 The emergence of new consonant contrasts

4 Vowel devoicing

5 Diphthongs and vowel coalescence

6 The phonological lexicon and mimetic phonology

7 Sino-Japanese phonology

8 Loanword phonology

9 Word formation and phonological processes

10 Rendaku

11 The phonology of Japanese accent

12 Mora and mora-timing

13 Intonation

14 Syntax–phonology interface

15 Historical phonology

16 Corpus-based phonetics

17 L1 phonology: phonological development

18 L2 phonetics and phonology

Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501500596

1501500597

9781614511984

1614511985

OCLC:

905734789