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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 -- Reference.s |
| Series Title: | Phonology of the world's languages. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Hammond. |
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