Distinctive Feature Theory

This volume consists of nine articles dealing with topics in distinctive feature theory in various typologically diverse languages, including Acehnese, Afrikaans, Basque, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Navajo, Portuguese, Tahltan, Terena, Tswana, Tuvan, and Zoque. The subjects dealt with in the book include feature geometry, underspecification (in rule-based and in Opti-mality Theoretic treatments) and the phonetic implementation of phonological features. Other topics include laryngeal features (e.g. [voice], [spread glottis], [nasal]), and place features for consonants and vowels. The volume will be of interest to all linguists and advanced students of linguistics working on feature theory and/or the phonetics-phonology interface.

Product details

• Assisted by: Alan Hall (Editor), T Alan Hall (Editor), T. Alan Hall (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9783110170337
• ISBN: 978-3-11-017033-7
• No. of pages: 372
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 29 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Series: Phonology and Phonetics; Phonology and Phonetics; Phonology and Phonetics [PP]; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics