Tones and Features - Phonetic and Phonological Perspectives

This volume includes papers by leading figures in phonetics and phonology on two topics central to phonological theory: tones and phonological features. Papers address a wide range of topics bearing on tones and features including their formal representation and phonetic foundation.

About the author

John A. Goldsmith, University of Chicago, USA; Elisabeth Hume, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA; Leo Wetzels, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France. 

Report

"The book provides useful insights into phonetic and phonological perspectives of language research, including the basics of data collection, methods of recording, and selecting equipment. [...] The collection is a valuable tool of individual resources for anyone interested in an in-depth study of various phonetic and phonological theories, along with their assumptions and interpretation. The exhaustive treatment of the underlying forms of features with special reference to certain African languages, both in terms of tones and features, makes the book an important contribution to the field of phonology."
Seetha Jayaraman in: Linguist List 23.2378

Product details

• Assisted by: John A. Goldsmith (Editor), Elizabet Hume (Editor), Elizabeth Hume (Editor), Leo Wetzels (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9783110246216
• ISBN: 978-3-11-024621-6
• No. of pages: 369
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 27 mm x 239 mm
• Weight: 678 g
• Illustrations: Num. figs.
• Series: Mouton de Gruyter; Studies in Generative Grammar; Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]; De Gruyter Mouton; Studies in Generative Grammar; Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics