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The phonology of English : a prosodic optimality-theoretic approach

Author: Michael Hammond
Publisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Series: Phonology of the world's languages.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Hammond
ISBN: 0198237979 9780198237976 0198700296 9780198700296
OCLC Number: 40113523
Description: xiii, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Some Basic Ideas --
The sounds of English; Characterizing the sounds of English; Phonological generalizations; Treating phonological generalizations; Optimality Theory; Further reading --
2. Syllables Intuitive evidence for the syllable; Distributional evidence for a syllable; A general theory of the syllable; Further reading --
3. English Syllables: margins and consonants Word onsets; Word-final clusters; Medial clusters; Clusters vs. margins; Linear restrictions;Summary; Further reading --
4. English syllables: peaks and moras Vowels and diphthongs; Co-occurrence restrictions; Mora-based restrictions; Syllabic consonants and [r]; Summary; Further reading --
5. Stress, Accent, and Feet What is stress?; What is a metrical foot?; Intuitive evidence for the foot; Distributional evidence for the foot; General theory of the foot; Further reading --
6. Syllables and Stress Basic distributional regularities; The analysis; Summary; Further reading --
7. The Rightmost Stress Review of previous results; The basic analysis; The role of syllable weight; Other nominal stress patterns; Final syllables; Verbs and adjectives; Summary; Further reading --
8. Other Stresses Other stresses; Long vowels; Nonfinal primary stress; Morphemes and feet; Summary; Further reading --
9. Afterword Some remaining issues; Statistics; Russian; Remaining issues; Further reading --
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Series Title: Phonology of the world's languages.
Responsibility: Michael Hammond.
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