Onsets - Suprasegmental and Prosodic Behaviour

This book presents a new theory of onsets, arguing for their fundamental role in the structure of language.

List of contents

1. Onsets and weight: the theory; 2. Onsets and stress; 3. Onsets and compensatory lengthening; 4. Onsets and word-minimality; 5. Onsets and geminates; 6. Other real and not-so-real onset-sensitive data: brief case studies; 7. Conclusion and discussion of alternatives.

About the author

Nina Topintzi is a Teaching Fellow in the School of English at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Summary

The concept of the 'onset', i.e. the consonant(s) before the vowel of a syllable, is critical within phonology. In this book Nina Topintzi presents a new theory of onsets, arguing for their fundamental role in the structure of language both in the underlying and surface representation, unlike previous assumptions.

Product details

• Authors: Nina Topintzi, Nina (Aristotle University Topintzi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2014
• EAN: 9781107686076
• ISBN: 978-1-107-68607-6
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguisti
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures