Phonological Structure of Words - An Introduction

Klappentext This book is designed to provide students of phonology with an accessible introduction to the phonological architecture of words. It offers a thorough discussion of the basic building blocks of phonology--in particular features! sounds! syllables and feet--and deals with a range of different theories about these units. The book provides a more detailed analysis of this subject than previously available in introductory textbooks and is an invaluable and indispensable first step toward understanding the major theoretical issues in modern phonology at the word level. Zusammenfassung This book provides students of phonology with an accessible introduction to the way in which sounds combine to form words. It offers more detail than previously available in introductory textbooks and is an indispensable first step towards understanding the major theoretical issues in modern phonology at the word level. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Segments; 2. Features; 3. Syllables; 4. Feet and words.

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• Authors: Colin J. Ewen, Colin J. (Rijksuniversiteit Leiden Ewen, Colin J. Hulst Ewen, H. C. Van De Hulst, Harry Van Der Hulst, Harry van der Hulst
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2000
• EAN: 9780521359146
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35914-6
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguis
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies