1st Edition

Frontiers of Phonology Atoms, Structures and Derivations

By Jacques Durand, Francis Katamba Copyright 1995
444 Pages
by Routledge

444 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages
by Routledge

Frontiers of Phonology is a collection of essays that present a selective overview of trends in the linguistic analysis of sound structure. The essays are written by specialists from Europe, Canada and the USA and discuss issues from three broad areas of phonology: the nature and representation of phonological features; the role and structure of the skeletal tier and syllable structure; and the... Read more
ContributorsIntroductionAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsPart I: Atoms 1. Feature geometry and underspecification, Douglas Pulleyblank 2. The elements of phonological representation, John Harris and Geoff Lindsey 3. Radical CV Phonology: the categorical gesture, Harry van der Hulst Part II: Structures 4. Accounting for compensatory lengthening in the CV and moraic frameworks, Lee S. Bickmore 5. The role of moraic structure in the distribution of segments within syllables, Draga Zec 6. Skeleta and suprasegmental structure within Government Phonology, Wiebke Brockhaus 7. Skeleta and the prosodic circumscription of morphological domains, Francis Katamba Part III: Derivations 8. Universalism in phonology: atoms, structures and derivations, Jacques Durand 9. Derivations and interfaces, Jonathan Kaye 10. Declarative lexical phonology, John Coleman ReferencesIndex

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Jacques Durand, Francis Katamba