Distinctiveness, Coercion and Sonority - A Unified Theory of Weight

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Moren Klappentext This volume proposes a unified weight theory that challenges traditionally held beliefs regarding the vowel/consonant dichotomy inherent in moraicity and illuminates many previously intractable issues. Zusammenfassung This volume proposes a unified weight theory that challenges traditionally held beliefs regarding the vowel/consonant dichotomy inherent in moraicity and illuminates many previously intractable issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments 1. Syllable Weight: Descriptive Generalizations 2. Optimality Theory, Typology, and Constraints 3. Segment Weight Typology 4. Case Studies 5. Miscellaneous Issues and General Conclusions Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Moren
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2016
• EAN: 9781138967816
• ISBN: 978-1-138-96781-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics; Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics