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The evolution of Germanic phonological systems : Proto-Germanic, Gothic, West Germanic, and Scandinavian / Vulf Plotkin ; with a foreword by Hermann Bluhme.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plotkin, V. I︠A︡.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germanic languages--Phonology.
- Germanic languages.
- Proto-Germanic language--Phonology.
- Proto-Germanic language.
- Gothic language--Phonology.
- Gothic language.
- Scandinavian languages--Phonology.
- Scandinavian languages.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 230 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2008.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Hermann Bluhme
- Pt. I. Phonological systems
- Ch. 1. Introduction
- System delimitation in language
- Function, structure and substance in phonological systems
- Units of phonological systems
- Phoneme divisibility
- The subphonemic unit
- The quantal tiers of a phonological system
- Ch. 2. Kinemes: The ultimate phonological units
- Underlying substance
- Paradigmatic structures
- Syntagmatic properties
- Semiotic potential
- Ch. 3. Phonemes and syllables
- The phoneme as a block of kinemes
- The phoneme in the syllabic structure
- Ch. 4. The typology of kinemic subsystems
- Vocalic modal oppositions
- Vocalic locational oppositions
- Supplementary vocalic oppositions
- Consonantal modal oppositions
- Consonantal locational oppositions
- Supplementary consonantal oppositions
- Pt. II. The evolution of Germanic phonological systems
- Ch. 5. On the nature of sound change in languages
- The quest for the causes of sound change
- Sound change as manifestation of system dynamics
- An outline of Germanic phonological evolution
- Ch. 6. The dynamic of the Proto-Germanic phonological system
- The Proto-Indo-European inheritance
- The Proto-Germanic consonant shift
- Syllabic restructuring and the vowels
- The Proto-Germanic phonological system
- Factors in the dynamics of Germanic phonological evolution
- Ch. 7. The Gothic phonological system
- Ch. 8. The West Germanic evolutionary lines
- Early West Germanic
- The Uplands branch (High German)
- The Maritime branch (English)
- The Lowlands branch (Dutch)
- On the paths of West Germanic phonological evolution
- Ch. 9. The Scandinavian evolutionary lines
- The Norse phonological system
- The Western branch (Icelandic)
- The Eastern branch (Swedish)
- The Southern branch (Danish)
- On the paths of North Germanic phonological evolution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780773450202
- 0773450203
- OCLC:
- 228359070
- Publisher Number:
- 90101765715
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