Vowel Reduction in Optimality Theory

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1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-93759-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crosswhite, Katherine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Kathryn Crosswhite teaches at the University of Rochester.