"This book is a welcome contribution to phonology, raising the question of representations and featural organization that many phonologists assume is irrelevant."Michael Cahill in: Linguist List 16.2680/2005

This book contains a number of studies on modern approaches to phonological segment structure. There are three main sections: (i) a general section, concerned with the basic theory of segmental structure, features, and the organization of segmental structure into feature-geometric trees, (ii) the representation and behaviour of nasality, and (iii) the representation and behaviour of the laryngeal features.
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"This book is a welcome contribution to phonology, raising the question of representations and featural organization that many phonologists assume is irrelevant."
Michael Cahill in: Linguist List 16.2680/2005

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Product details

ISBN
9783110182958
Published
2005-04-18
Publisher
De Gruyter
Weight
660 gr
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
372

Biographical note

Marc van Oostendorp is researcher at the Meertens Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Jeroen van de Weijer is researcher at the Department of Linguistics, Leiden, The Netherlands.