UID:
edocfu_9959236841902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (360 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
90-272-8318-4
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9786613222541
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1-283-22254-X
Serie:
Studies in language companion series, v. 6
Inhalt:
Vowel harmony is a well known phonological phenomenon found in a large number of languages spoken mainly in Eurasia and the African continent. In simple terms, vowel harmony is a law which governs the co-occurrence of vowels within a span of utterance, nearly always the word. The contributions of this volume focus on various (not always uncontroversial) aspects of vowel harmony that include typological investigations, phonetic/acoustic experimental studies, descriptions of individual systems, genetic and historical ramifications, and implications for a variety of theoretical models. This volum
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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ISSUES IN VOWEL HARMONY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE DESCRIPTION OF VOWEL HARMONY; A FORMAL THEORY OF VOWEL HARMONY; ISSUES IN THE DESCRIPTION OF TURKISH VOWEL HARMONY; REGULAR DISHARMONY IN KIRGHIZ; MONGOLIAN VOCALIC FEATURES AND THE PROBLEM OF HARMONY; THE UNDERLYING REPRESENTATION OF HARMONIZING VOWELS: EVIDENCE FROM MODERN MONGOLIAN; A CONCRETE ANALYSIS OF HUNGARIAN VOWEL HARMONY; A CRITIQUE OF SUPRASEGMENTAL THEORIES OF VOWEL HARMONY; VOICE-QUALITY HARMONY IN WESTERN NILOTIC LANGUAGES
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NEZ PERCEVOWEL HARMONY: AN AFRICANIST EXPLANATION AND SOME THEORETICAL QUESTIONSVOWEL HARMONY AND MORPHOPHONEMIC RULES; THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL REALITY OF FINNISH VOWEL HARMONY; USING ASYMMETRICAL AND GRADIENT DATA IN THE STUDY OF VOWEL HARMONY
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 90-272-3005-6
Sprache:
Englisch
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