The Synchronic and Diachronic Phonology of Ejectives

This study is the first book-length examination of ejectives and their phonological patterning, deepening the empirical understanding of ejectives and contributing to both phonological theory and to typologies of sound change.

List of contents

List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Laryngeal and Phonatory Features and Representations 3. Assimilation 4. Deglottalization 5. Debuccalization 6. Dissimilation 7. Ejective Voicing 8. Fission and Fusion 9. Conclusion Endnotes References

About the author

Paul D. Fallon

Summary

With a database of over 180 languages and dialects, this book proposes a typology of the phonological patterning of ejectives, drawing together widely-scattered information.

Product details

• Authors: Paul D. Fallon, Fallon Paul D.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2001
• EAN: 9780415938006
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93800-6
• No. of pages: 396
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 890 g
• Series: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism