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Word prominence in languages with complex morphologies / Ksenia Bogomolets and Harry van der Hulst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bogomolets, Ksenia, author.
- Hulst, Harry van der, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Emphasis (Linguistics).
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (721 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- This book focuses on the theoretical and analytical challenges that languages with complex morphologies pose for the theory and typology of word-level prosodic phenomena. The first three chapters explore general theoretical issues, while later chapters offer a series of case studies from a range of genetically and geographically diverse languages.
- Contents:
- cover
- titlepage
- copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- The Contributors
- Part I Theoretical issues in word prominence
- 1 Word prominence and polysynthetic languages
- 2 Polysynthetic words
- 3 Word stress and intonational prominence in highly synthetic languages
- Part II Word prominence in North American languages
- 4 Domains of prominence in polysynthetic languages of North America
- 5 Inuktitut and the concept of word-level prominence
- 6 Tlingit (anti-)prominence
- 7 Accent and tone in Arapaho, Plains Algonquian
- 8 M-Words, P-Words, and Accent Phrases in Kashaya
- 9 Prominence in Muskogean languages
- Part III Word prominence in South American languages
- 10 A reassessment of word prominence in Mapudungun
- 11 Satipo Ashaninka word- and phrase-level prominence
- 12 Polysynthesis, stress uniformity, and the opposite-to-anchor stress system in Ese Ejja
- Part IV Word prominence in Australian languages
- 13 The prosodic structure of Australian polysynthetic verbs
- Part V WORD PROMINENCE IN LANGUAGES OF EUROPE AND ASIA
- 14 Phonological and morphological wordhood in Nivkh
- 15 Prominence in Circassian
- 16 Prosody in Turkish
- 17 Word prominence in languages of Southern Asia
- Part VI Theoretical epilogue
- 18 A unified account of phonological and morphological accent
- References
- Language Index
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bogomolets, Ksenia Word Prominence in Languages with Complex Morphologies
- ISBN:
- 0-19-257704-2
- 9780191876233
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