Bennett The Phonology of Consonants

Harmony, Dissimilation and Correspondence
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-316-30958-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 147, 0 Seiten

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

The most comprehensive work on dissimilation (the avoidance or repair of combinations of similar sounds) to date, this book proposes a novel analysis that handles dissimilation as the avoidance of surface correspondence relationships. It draws on recent work in Agreement By Correspondence to show that dissimilation is a natural outcome predicted by the same theory of Surface Correspondence. The theory is developed in more detail than ever before, and its predictions are tested and evaluated through ten in-depth analyses of diverse languages from Quechua to Kinyarwanda, together with a typological survey of over 150 dissimilation patterns drawn from over 130 languages, from Acehnese to Zulu. The book redefines the core of Surface Correspondence theory to a level of formal specificity and theoretical precision surpassing previous work. The book's findings are made more accessible by numerous examples featuring data from 47 languages from around the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennett, Wm G.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Phonetik, Phonologie, Prosodie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Natürliche Sprachen & Maschinelle Übersetzung
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. The surface correspondence theory; 3. Kinyarwanda: the effects of domain edges, and the adequacy of a single SCorr relation; 4. Sundanese: complementary assimilation and dissimilation; 5. Quechua and Obolo: the role of syllable edges; 6. Chol and Ponapean: complete identity effects; 7. Zulu labial dissimilation: SCTD and the OCP; 8. Segmental blocking effects in dissimilation; 9. Typological survey of dissimilation; 10. Concluding remarks.

Über Autor(innen)

Bennett, Wm G.
Wm G. Bennett is a senior lecturer in the Department of English Language and Linguistics at Rhodes University, South Africa.