Vowel Patterns in Language

Informationen zum Autor Rachel Walker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Nasalization, Neutral Segments and Opacity Effects (2000), and has contributed numerous articles to journals and books. Klappentext This book addresses the fundamental question of how the relative prominence of word position influences vowel processes and distributions. Zusammenfassung This account of vowel patterns in language brings a wealth of cross-linguistic material to the study of vowel systems and offers theoretical insights. Descriptions and analyses are provided for vowel patterns in over 25 languages from around the globe! with emphasis on Romance. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Preliminaries: functional grounding; 3. Generalized licensing; 4. Typological predictions; 5. Indirect licensing; 6. Identity licensing; 7. Direct licensing; 8. Maximal licensing; 9. Conclusion and final issues.

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Walker
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107558571
• ISBN: 978-1-107-55857-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguisti; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Phonetics, phonology