skip to content
The phonology of German Preview this item
ClosePreview this item
  • Preview this Item (Questia)

The phonology of German

Author: Richard Wiese
Publisher: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Series: Phonology of the world's languages.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
In this book Richard Wiese provides the most complete and up-to-date description presently available of the phonology of German. Starting with a presentation of phonemes and their features, the author then describes in detail syllables, higher prosodic units, phonological conditions of word formation, patterns of redundancy for features, phonological rules, and rules of stress for words and phrases, giving particular  Read more...
Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

 

Find a copy in the library

Retrieving... Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Wiese, Richard.
Phonology of German.
Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996
(OCoLC)647087142
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard Wiese
ISBN: 0198240406 9780198240402
OCLC Number: 32699853
Description: ix, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction --
2. The Phoneme System of German --
3. The Prosodic Structure of German --
4. Prosodic Morphology --
5. Aspects of Lexical Phonology and Morphology --
6. Underspecification: An Analysis of Markedness and Defaults --
7. Phonological Rules and Alternations --
8. Word Stress, Compound Stress, Phrase Stress --
9. Concluding Remarks.
Series Title: Phonology of the world's languages.
Responsibility: Richard Wiese.

Abstract:

In this book Richard Wiese provides the most complete and up-to-date description presently available of the phonology of German. Starting with a presentation of phonemes and their features, the author then describes in detail syllables, higher prosodic units, phonological conditions of word formation, patterns of redundancy for features, phonological rules, and rules of stress for words and phrases, giving particular emphasis to the interaction of morphology and phonology. He focuses on the present-day standard language, but includes occasional discussion of other variants and registers. The study is informed by recent models in phonological theory, and for phonologists and morphologists it provides both a rich source of material and a critical discussion of current problems and their solutions. It also serves as an introduction to the sound system of German for the non-specialist reader.

Reviews

User-contributed reviews
Retrieving weRead reviews...
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving Amazon reviews...

Tags

Be the first.

Similar Items

Related Subjects:(5)

User lists with this item (1)

Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.