The Syllable : views and facts / edited by Harry van der Hulst, Nancy A. Ritter.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Hulst, Harry van der.

Ritter, Nancy A., 1959-

Pézenas (France)

Oxford University Press.

University of Salford.

Conference Name:

International Conference on the Phonology of the World's Languages (1996 : Pézenas, France)

Series:

Studies in generative grammar 45

Studies in generative grammar ; 45

Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ; 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syllable.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Syllabication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (808 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : M. de Gruyter, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "The Syllable".

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface and acknowledgments

Contents

Contributors

Abbreviations

1 Introducing the volume / Hulst, Harry van der / Ritter, Nancy A.

Part I: General Issues

2 Theories of the syllable / Hulst, Harry van der / Ritter, Nancy A.

3 Morpheme structure constraints and the phonotactics of Dutch / Booij, Geert

4 Syllables in Danish / Basboll, Hans

5 The syllable in Hindi / Ohala, Manjari

Part II: Government Phonology

6 Head-Driven Phonology / Hulst, Harry van der / Ritter, Nancy A.

7 The syllable in German: Exploring an alternative / Brockhaus, Wiebke

8 Consonant clusters and governing relations: Polish initial consonant sequences / Cyran, Eugeniusz / Gussmann, Edmund

9 Hungarian syllable structure: Arguments for/against complex constituents / Törkenczy, Miklós / Siptár, Péter

10 The Latin syllable / Marotta, Giovanna

11 Syllables in Western Koromfe / Rennison, John R.

Part III: Moraic Phonology

12 The syllable in Luganda phonology and morphology / Hyman, Larry M. / Katamba, Francis X.

13 Kihehe syllable structure / Odden, David / Odden, Mary

14 Dschang syllable structure / Bird, Steven

15 The syllable in Chinese / Duanmu, San

16 The syllable and syllabification in Modern Spoken Arabic (Ṣancānī and Cairene) / Watson, Janet C.E.

17 The Romansch syllable / Montreuil, Jean-Pierre

Part IV: Optimality Theory

18 Syllables and phonotactics in Irish / Chiosáin, Maire Ni

19 A preliminary account of some aspects of Leurbost Gaelic syllable structure / Smith, Norval

20 Quantity in Norwegian syllable structure / Kristoffersen, Gjert

Part V: Other approaches

21 A syllable-level feature in Finnish / Ogden, Richard

22 Sievers' Law in Vedic / Calabrese, Andrea

Indexes

Index of authors

Index of languages

Index of subjects

Backmatter

Notes:

Chiefly revised papers originally presented at the International Conference on the Phonology of the World's Languages, June 21-24, 1996, Pézenas, France, and sponsored by the University of Salford, Oxford University Press, and the city of Pézenas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783111747927

3111747921

9783110806793

3110806797

OCLC:

868973867