| Quantity and Prosodic Asymmetries in Alemannic: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives Reprint 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Kraehenmann, Astrid (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110176807 ISBN-13: 9783110176803 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $142.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | German - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 431.6 |
| LCCN: 2003015596 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.42" W x 9.28" (1.18 lbs) 287 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The comprehensive analysis of the segmental and metrical system of the Swiss German dialect of Thurgovian provides a significant contribution to both phonetic and phonological theory. Based on the author's original fieldwork and experimental investigations, it is the first in-depth study of this area, tracing it back also to its Old High German roots, particularly that of the dialect of Notker. Quantity alternations - notably word-initial long/short consonantal alternations - asymmetric neutralization of phonetic-phonological contrasts, stress and weight are most prominent among the theoretical issues on which Thurgovian phonology is brought to bear. |
