Phonology of Catalan

Zusatztext The book is beautifully produced...it is a virtue of this book that it is bound to inspire readers coming from different theoretical perspectives to explore other possibilities of analysis. Informationen zum Autor Max Wheeler is Reader in Linguistics at the University of Sussex where his research focuses on phonology, and on change in inflectional morphology. He is joint editor of the electronic Journal of Catalan Studies. He is co-author with Alan Yates and Nicolau Dols of Catalan: A Comprehensive Grammar (1999). Klappentext This is the most comprehensive account of Catalan phonology ever published. Approaching the subject a pragmatic version of orthodox Optimality Theory it describes the Spanish and French dialects of Catalan and the social and stylistic variations within them. This is likely to be the standard account of its subject for many years. Zusammenfassung This is the most comprehensive account of Catalan phonology ever published. Approaching the subject a pragmatic version of orthodox Optimality Theory it describes the Spanish and French dialects of Catalan and the social and stylistic variations within them. This is likely to be the standard account of its subject for many years. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Phonological Primitives and Segment Inventories 3: Syllable Structure 4: Phrasal Phonology: Vowel Sandhi 5: Coda Obstruent Voicing Neutralization and Assimilation 6: Coda Place and Manner Assimilation and Neutralization 7: Cluster Reduction 8: Epenthesis 9: Stress, Feet, and Phrases 10: Word Phonology and Phonologically Conditioned Allomorphy 11: The Syllabification of Pronominal Clitics 12: Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Max Wheeler, Max W Wheeler, Max W. Wheeler, Max W. (University of Sussex) Wheeler, Wheeler Max W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2005
• EAN: 9780199258147
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925814-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: The Phonology of the World's Languages; Phonology of the World's Langu; The Phonology of the World's Languages; Phonology of the World's Langu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Phonetics, phonology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics