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Where Do Phonological Features Come From

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Author : G. Nick Clements
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2011-07-28

Where Do Phonological Features Come From written by G. Nick Clements and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-28 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This volume offers a timely reconsideration of the function, content, and origin of phonological features, in a set of papers that is theoretically diverse yet thematically strongly coherent. Most of the papers were originally presented at the International Conference "Where Do Features Come From?" held at the Sorbonne University, Paris, October 4-5, 2007. Several invited papers are included as well. The articles discuss issues concerning the mental status of distinctive features, their role in speech production and perception, the relation they bear to measurable physical properties in the articulatory and acoustic/auditory domains, and their role in language development. Multiple disciplinary perspectives are explored, including those of general linguistics, phonetic and speech sciences, and language acquisition. The larger goal was to address current issues in feature theory and to take a step towards synthesizing recent advances in order to present a current "state of the art" of the field.

A Theory Of Phonological Features

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Author : San Duanmu
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-03-17

A Theory Of Phonological Features written by San Duanmu and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This book outlines a system of phonological features that is minimally sufficient to distinguish all consonants and vowels in the languages of the world. The extensive evidence is drawn from datasets with a combined total of about 1000 sound inventories. The interpretation of phonetic transcriptions from different languages is a long-standing problem. In this book, San Duanmu proposes a solution that relies on the notion of contrast: X and Y are different sounds if and only if they contrast in some language. He focuses on a simple procedure to interpret empirical data: for each phonetic dimension, all inventories are searched in order to determine the maximal number of contrasts required. In addition, every unusual feature or extra degree of contrast is re-examined to confirm its validity. The resulting feature system is surprisingly simple: fewer features are needed than previously proposed, and for each feature, a two-way contrast is sufficient. Nevertheless, the proposal is reliable in that the notion of contrast is uncontroversial, the procedure is explicit, and the result is repeatable. The book also offers discussion of non-contrastive differences between languages, sound classes, and complex sounds such as affricates, consonant-glide units, consonant-liquid units, contour tones, pre-nasalized stops, clicks, ejectives, and implosives.

Features In Phonology And Phonetics

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Author : Annie Rialland
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2015-05-19

Features In Phonology And Phonetics written by Annie Rialland and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-19 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This book intends to place Nick Clements’ contribution to Feature Theory in a historical and contemporary context and to introduce some of his unpublished manuscripts as well as new work with colleagues collected in this book.

Introducing Phonology

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Author : David Odden
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-02-24

Introducing Phonology written by David Odden and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-02-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

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Evolutionary Phonology

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Author : Juliette Blevins
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-07-22

Evolutionary Phonology written by Juliette Blevins and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Evolutionary Phonology is a theory of sound patterns which synthesizes results in historical linguistics, phonetics and phonological theory. In this book, Juliette Blevins explores the nature of sounds patterns and sound change in human language over the past 7000–8000 years, the time depth for which the comparative method is reasonably reliable. This book presents an approach to the problem of how genetically unrelated languages, from families as far apart as Native American, Australian Aboriginal, Austronesian and Indo-European, can often show similar sound patterns, and also tackles the converse problem of why there are notable exceptions to most of the patterns that are often regarded as universal tendencies or constraints. It argues that in both cases, a formal model of sound change that integrates phonetic variation and patterns of misperception can account for attested sound systems without reference to markedness or naturalness within the synchronic grammar.

The Emergence Of Distinctive Features

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Author : Jeff Mielke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023

The Emergence Of Distinctive Features written by Jeff Mielke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Distinctive features (Linguistics) categories.

Jeff Mielke presents the results of a crosslinguistic survey of natural classes of distinctive features covering almost 600 of the world's languages drawn from a variety of different families. In doing so he systematically tests the supposition that features are innate and universal rather than learned and language-specific.

The Cambridge Handbook Of Phonology

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Author : Paul de Lacy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-07-19

The Cambridge Handbook Of Phonology written by Paul de Lacy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-19 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Phonology - the study of how the sounds of speech are represented in our minds - is one of the core areas of linguistic theory, and is central to the study of human language. This handbook, first published in 2007, brings together the world's leading experts in phonology to present the most comprehensive and detailed overview of the field. Focusing on research and the most influential theories, the authors discuss each of the central issues in phonological theory, explore a variety of empirical phenomena, and show how phonology interacts with other aspects of language such as syntax, morphology, phonetics, and language acquisition. Providing a one-stop guide to every aspect of this important field, The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology will serve as an invaluable source of readings for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, an informative overview for linguists and a useful starting point for anyone beginning phonological research.