Metrical Phonology - A Course Book

Zusammenfassung Metrical phonology has revolutionised our ideas and knowledge of such phenomena as stress patterning! and contributed to a better understanding of quite basic phonological issues. This book provides a simple and accessible introduction to the topic! concentrating on stress and rhythmical phenomena in English! and discussed the comparative merits of different approaches. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Segmental approaches to stress; 2. Segments and syllables; 3. Metrical phonology: the basic concepts; 4. The phonology of rhythm (1): introduction to the metrical grid; 5. The phonology of rhythm (2): 'grid-only' metrical phonology; 6. The phonology of rhythm (3): 'tree-only' metrical phonology; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Hogg, Richard M. Hogg, Richard Mccully Hogg, C. Behan McCullagh, C. B. Mccully
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.1987
• EAN: 9780521316514
• ISBN: 978-0-521-31651-4
• No. of pages: 284
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics