Ham Phonetic and Phonological Aspects of Geminate Timing

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-71105-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics

Using acoustic studies of Bernese, Hungarian, Levantine Arabic and Madurese, the author argues that differences in geminate timing are ultimately correlated with whether a language is syllable-or mora-timed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ham, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
List of Symbols
1 Introduction
2 General Methodology
3 Bernese
4 Cross-language Study: Phonological Overview
5 Cross-language Study: Acoustic Investigations
6 Suprasegmental Timing
7 An Integrated Timing Model
Appendix 1. Bernese Word List
Appendix 2. Levantine Word List
Appendix 3. Hungarian Word List
Appendix 4. Maudrese Word List
References
Index