Principles of radical CV phonology : a theory of segmental and syllabic structure / Harry van der Hulst ; with the editorial assistance of Jeroen van de Weijer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hulst, Harry van der, author.

Contributor:

Weijer, Jeroen Maarten van de, 1965- editor.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in theoretical linguistics ; 4.

Edinburgh studies in theoretical linguistics ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

xiv, 497 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Basic assumptions about phonology

2. Background: Dependency and Government Phonology

3. Radical CV Phonology

4. Manner

5. Place

6. Laryngeal: phonation and tone

7. Special structures

8. Predictability and preference

9. Minimal specification

10. Radical CV Phonology applied to sign phonology

11. Comparison to other models

12. Conclusions

ch. 1 Basic assumptions about phonology

1.1. Introduction

1.2. What is phonology?

1.3. Six theses concerning phonological primes

1.3.1. Are features based on perception or articulation?

1.3.2. Are features innate?

1.3.3. Are features, or is phonology in general, substance-free?

1.3.4. Are phonological representations fully specified?

1.3.5. Is there such a thing as a segment inventory?

1.3.6. Are there still phonemes?

1.4. Is phonology different?

1.5. Alternations and processes

1.6. Summary and concluding remarks

ch. 2 Background: Dependency and Government Phonology

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Monovalency, grouping, dependency and contrastivity

2.2.1. Monovalency

2.2.2. The triangular set

2.2.3. Grouping and elements in Dependency Phonology

2.2.4. Developments in Dependency Phonology

2.2.5. Minimal specification and polysysternaticity

2.3. Government Phonology

2.4. Towards Radical CV Phonology

2.5. Summary and concluding remarks

ch. 3 Radical CV Phonology

3.1. Introduction

3.2. An outline of Radical CV Phonology

3.2.1. The segmental model

3.2.2. Syllable structure

3.2.3. Empirical issues

3.2.4. The segment-syllable connection

3.2.5. Recursivity in syllables or foot structure in Radical CV Phonology

3.3. Summary and concluding remarks

ch. 4 Manner

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Onset

4.2.1. Edge (onset head): obstruents

4.2.1.1. Edge (onset head): head class

4.2.1.2. Edge (onset head): dependent class

4.2.2. Bridge (onset dependent): sonorants

4.2.3. Sonorant consonants as onset heads (including taps/flaps)

4.2.4. Laryngeal consonants

4.3. Rhyme

4.3.1. Nucleus (rhyme head): vowels

4.3.1.1. Nucleus (rhyme head): head class

4.3.1.2. Nucleus (rhyme head): dependent class

4.3.2. Coda (rhyme dependent): sonorants

4.3.3. Coda conditions

4.4. Syllabic consonants (sonorants)

4.5. Long vowels, diphthongs and geminates

4.6. Summary and concluding remarks

ch. 5 Place

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Edge (onset head): obstruents

5.2.1. Edge (onset head): head class

5.2.2. Edge (onset head): dependent class

5.2.3. Post-velar consonants: pharyngeals and laryngeals

5.2.4. Place distinctions for sonorant consonants in the edge

5.3. Nucleus (rhyme head): vowels

5.3.1. Nucleus (rhyme head): head class

5.3.2. Nucleus (rhyme head): dependent class

5.3.3. Syllabic consonants (sonorants)

5.4. Bridge and coda

5.5. Summary and concluding remarks

ch. 6 Laryngeal: phonation and tone

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Edge (onset head): consonants (phonation)

6.3. Nucleus (rhyme head): vowels (tone)

6.4. Four issues

6.4.1. Phonation oppositions in obstruents and sonorants

6.4.2. Laryngeal realism

6.4.3. Phonation in the nucleus

6.4.4. The correlation between tone and phonation

6.5. Bridge and coda

6.6. Summary and concluding remarks

ch. 7 Special structures

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Incomplete structures

7.2.1. No content at all

7.2.1.1. Vowel/zero alternations

7.2.1.2. Consonant clusters

7.2.1.3. Initial geminates

7.2.1.4. Schwa

7.2.1.5. Consonant/zero alternations

7.2.1.6. Ghost consonants

7.2.1.7. Morphological templates

7.2.2. Partial content

7.2.2.1. No'no manner'

7.2.2.2. Manner only

7.3. Overcomplete structures

7.3.1. Complex consonants

7.3.1.1. Affricates

7.3.1.2. Consonants with secondary manner

7.3.1.3. Consonants with secondary place

7.3.2. Consonants with two major places (clicks and multiply-articulated consonants)

7.3.3. Complex vowels

7.3.3.1. Short diphthongs

7.3.3.2. Vowels with contour tones

7.3.3.3. Vowels with special phonation

7.3.3.4. Vowels with special manner

7.3.4. Branching syllabic constituents or `two-root structures'

7.4. Summary and concluding remarks

ch. 8 Predictability and preference

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Harmony

8.2.1. Paradigmatic and cross-class harmony

8.2.2. Disharmony

8.3. Preference rankings of segments per syllabic position

8.3.1. Two determining principles: harmony and dispersion

8.3.1.1. Manner preferences

8.3.1.1.1. Manner preferences: edge

8.3.1.1.2. Manner preferences: nucleus

8.3.1.1.3. Manner preferences: bridge and coda

8.3.1.2. Place preferences

8.3.1.2.1. Place preferences: edge

8.3.1.2.2. Place preferences: nucleus

8.3.1.3. Laryngeal preferences

8.3.1.3.1. Laryngeal preferences: edge (phonation)

8.3.1.3.2. Laryngeal preferences: nucleus (tone)

8.3.1.4. Concluding remarks

8.4. Preferred segmental systems

8.4.1. The overall structure of segmental systems

8.4.2. Polysystematicity

8.4.3. Conclusions

8.5. Summary and concluding remarks

ch. 9 Minimal specification

9.1. Introduction

9.2. A typology of redundant properties

9.3. Radical underspecification

9.4. Contrastive and radical underspecification in a unary framework

9.5. Markedness, complexity and salience

9.6. Examples of minimal specification

9.7. Can redundant elements become active?

9.8. Constraints and learnability

9.9. Summary and concluding remarks

ch. 10 Radical CV Phonology applied to sign phonology

10.1. Introduction

10.2. The macrostructure of signs

10.3. The microstructure of signs

10.3.1. The articulator

10.3.1.1. FingerSelection

10.3.1.2. FingerConfiguration

10.3.2. Orientation

10.3.3. Place

10.3.4. Manner (`movement')

10.4. Two-handed signs

10.5. What about syllable structure?

10.6. Summary and concluding remarks

ch. 11 Comparison to other models

11.1. Introduction

11.2. Feature Geometry models

11.3. Other models

11.3.1. Dependency models

11.3.2. The nested subregister model

11.3.3. The Toronto model

11.3.4. The parallel structure model

11.3.5. The channel-neutral model

11.3.6. The Duanmu model

11.3.7. Government Phonology 2.0

11.3.8. Q-theory

11.4. Summary and concluding remarks

ch. 12 Conclusions

12.1. Introduction

12.2. Goals and basic principles

12.3. X-bar structure everywhere

12.4. Strengths and weaknesses

12.5. Some unresolved issues

12.6. What's next?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1474454666

9781474454667

OCLC:

1085214061