| Strength and Weakness at the Interface Contributor(s): Barnes, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110185210 ISBN-13: 9783110185218 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $285.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: Approaches to the study of sound suitable for this series may be theoretical or experimental, and if they have practical applications, so much the better. The perspectives afforded by language acquisition, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, historical linguistics, and typology and universals are particularly valued. Themes are as varied as the phonology and phonetics of features, tone and intonation, sound and grammar, metrics and verse, sound change, or speech recognition by man and machine. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology |
| Dewey: 414 |
| LCCN: 2005035417 |
| Series: Phonology and Phonetics |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.4" W x 9.18" (1.23 lbs) 301 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This thorough study of the expression of contrast in the world's vowel systems examines phonetic and phonological differences between so-called strong and weak positions, bringing the full range of positional neutralization data to bear on central questions at the interface between phonetics and phonology. Evidence is drawn from diverse sources, bringing together cross-linguistic typological surveys, detailed investigations of the diachrony of specific languages and original studies in experimental phonetics. This is the first work to compile so exhaustive a study of positional neutralization, and its theoretical conclusions bear equally on phonology, phonetics, and historical linguistics. |
