The phonology of Danish / Hans Basbll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Basbll, Hans.

Series:

Phonology of the world's languages.

The Phonology of the world's languages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Danish language--Phonology.

Danish language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 596 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book is the most comprehensive account of the phonology of Danish ever published in any language. It gives a clear analysis of the sound patterns of modern Danish and examines the relations between its speech sounds and grammar. The author develops new models for the analysis of phonology and morphology-phonology interactions, and shows how these may be applied to Danish and to other languages. - ;The book is the most comprehensive account of the phonology of Danish ever published in any language. It gives a clear analysis of the sound patterns of modern Danish and examines the relations b

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Illustrations; Tables; Part One: Introduction and contrastive units; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SEGMENTS, PROSODIES AND LETTERS; Part Two: Distinctive features and segment types; 3. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND MAJOR CLASSES; 4. AN ANALYSIS IN BINARY DISTINCTIVE FEATURES; 5. R-PROCESSES AND THE POTENTIALS OF MULTIVALUED FEATURES; Part Three: The sonority syllable and phonotactics; 6. DEVELOPING THE SONORITY SYLLABLE MODEL; 7. PHONOTACTICS OF THE MONOMORPHEMIC MONOSYLLABLE; 8. EXTENDING THE PHONOTACTIC DESCRIPTION: POLYMORPHEMIC MONOSYLLABLES, AND DISYLLABLES WITH SCHWA

Part Four: Syllables, schwa-assimilation and prosody; 9. THE SYLLABLE AS DOMAIN OF SEGMENTAL PHONOLOGY: CONSONANT GRADATION AND SHORT a, o; 10. STØD AND SOUND STRUCTURE: A MORAIC ANALYSIS; 11. SCHWA-ASSIMILATION AND 'PRODUCTIVE STØD-ADDITION'; 12. STRESS PHONOLOGICALLY: PROSODIC AND SEGMENTAL PROMINENCE; Part Five: Word structure and its relation to prosody; 13. SYSTEMATICALLY GRADED PRODUCTIVITY OF ENDINGS: A MODEL F

Notes:

"Oxford linguistics"--Jkt.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [548]-562) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-34644-6

9786611346447

0-19-151968-5

OCLC:

476257620