Vowel Reduction in Optimality Theory

List of contents

1 Introduction and Backgrounds 2 Motivating Reduction: The Constraint Set 3 Case Study: Russian Vowel Reduction 4 Phonetic Motivation v. Phonetic Determinism 5 Factorial Typology 6 Contextual Blocking of Vowel Reduction 7 Moraicity, Reduction, and Stress-Timing 8 Previous Approaches to Vowel Reduction Appendix A: Attested Reduction Patterns, Alphabetically by Language Appendix B: Predicted Reduction Patterns for 5- and 7-Vowel Systems Notes References Index

About the author

Kathryn Crosswhite teaches at the University of Rochester.

Summary

This book examines the phenomenon of vowel reduction, in which two or more underlying vowel qualities are neutrilized in unstressed position.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Crosswhite, Crosswhite Katherine
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780415937597
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93759-7
• No. of pages: 334
• Weight: 780 g
• Series: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics; Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Historical and comparative linguistics