| Complexity Scales and Licensing in Phonology Contributor(s): Cyran, Eugeniusz (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110221497 ISBN-13: 9783110221497 Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton OUR PRICE: $266.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 414 |
| LCCN: 2010003183 |
| Series: Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg] |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.39 lbs) 321 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is an attempt to demonstrate that the basic principles of phonological organization boil down to the interaction between the strength of nuclei as licensers of phonological structure and various non-rerankable scales of complexity occurring at different levels of phonological representation. The licensing relation between nuclei and the preceding onsets on the one hand, and governing relations between consonants, which are to a great extent determined by their internal melodic structure, allow us to view the phonological representation as a self-organizing system, which is able to predict both the location and the type of phonological processes that may occur. |
