Iosad breathes new life into the long-neglected art of whole-language phonological analysis whilst insightfully engaging with an impressively wide range of theoretical issues concerning phonological representations, derivations, and interfaces.
- Dr Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero, University of Manchester,
What is the relationship between phonetics and phonology? Are phonological features innate and universal, and do they have fixed phonetic correlates? These questions have received renewed prominence in theoretical debates, and this book explores them from a modular, substance-free perspective. This in-depth analysis of Breton serves not only to introduce important data from this endangered language into the theoretical landscape but also to demonstrate the viability of a modular phonological framework. The book introduces a minimalist system of phonological representations built up on a language-specific basis, and integrates it with a fully-fledged computational framework, showcasing the numerous empirical and conceptual advantages of a substance-free view of phonology.Presenting the first comprehensive analysis of the sound patterns of a Breton variety treated in a substance-free phonological framework, this book will enhance the understanding of Celtic phonology and offers a valuable reference for postgraduate students, academics and researchers working in phonological theory and Celtic studies.
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Presenting the first comprehensive analysis of the sound patterns of a Breton variety treated in a substance-free phonological framework, this book will enhance the understanding of Celtic phonology and offers a valuable reference for postgraduate students, academics and researchers working in phonological theory and Celtic studies.
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Acknowledgements
1: Introduction
2: Conceptual foundations of substance-free phonology
3: Representational assumptions
4: Computational assumptions
5: Complexity and markedness in substance-free phonology
6: The Breton language
7: Segments and representations
8: Suprasegmental phonology
9: The phonology of vowels
10: The phonology of consonants: palatalization and gliding
11: Laryngeal phonology
12: Conclusion
References
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781474437561
Publisert
2018-08-15
Utgiver
Edinburgh University Press
Vekt
438 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288
Forfatter