Phonetically Based Phonology

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Hayes is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Robert Kirchner is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Alberta. Donca Steriade is a Professor Linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Klappentext This book is a study of phonetically based phonology! investigating the role of phonetics in phonological sound patterns. Zusammenfassung This book is a study of phonetically based phonology! investigating the role of phonetics in phonological sound patterns. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the phonetic bases of phonological Markedness Bruce Hayes and Donca Steriade; 2. A review of perceptual cues and cue robustness Richard Wright; 3. Place assimilation Jongho Jun; 4. The typology of rounding harmony Abigail R. Kaun; 5. The evolution of metathesis Juliette Blevins and Andrew Garrett; 6. The role of contrast-specific and language-specific phonetics in contour tone distribution Jie Zhang; 7. Vowel reduction Katherine M. Crosswhite; 8. Contrast and perceptual distinctiveness Edward Flemming; 9. Syllable weight Matthew Gordon; 10. Consonant lenition Robert Kirchner; 11. Language processing and segmental OCP effects Stefan A. Frisch; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Hayes, Bruce Kirchner Hayes
• Assisted by: Bruce Hayes (Editor), Robert Kirchner (Editor), Donca Steriade (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521054614
• ISBN: 978-0-521-05461-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT