Neutralization

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Silverman is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Language Development at San José State University, California. Klappentext Provides in-depth, nuanced and critical analyses of many theoretical approaches to neutralization in phonology. Zusammenfassung Provides in-depth! nuanced and critical analyses of many theoretical approaches to neutralization in phonology and argues for a strictly functional characterization of the term. The book includes a glossary! discussion points and lists of further reading to help advanced phonology students consolidate the main ideas and findings on neutralization. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The rhyme and the reason of neutralization; Part I. Rhyme; Section 1. Observation and Description: 2. Topology; 3. Taxonomy; 4. Typology; Section 2. False Positives: 5. Partial phonemic overlap; 6. Near-neutralization; Section 3. Explanation: 7. Ease of production; 8. Ease of perception; 9. Phonetic misperception; 10. Semantic misperception: early proposals; 11. Semantic misperception: recent proposals; Section 4. Exemplification: 12. Case study; 13. Domains of application; 14. Distinctions are drawn that matter; Part II. Reason: 15. Cement; 16. Boundary signals; 17. Prosodies; 18. Transitional probabilities; 19. The power of Babelese.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Silverman, Daniel (Associate Professor Silverman, Daniel Doron Silverman, Silverman Daniel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.2012
• EAN: 9780521145015
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14501-5
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Key Topics in Phonology; Key Topics in Phonology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Phonetics, phonology