Prosodic Weight

Categories and Continua

AvKevin M. Ryan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Del 3 i serien Oxford Studies in Phonology and Phonetics

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Beskrivning

This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of phonological weight to date, bringing together traditional notions of categorical, rime-based weight and new developments in statistical prosodic phonology. The book demonstrates that while some systems treat weight as a simple (heavy vs. light) distinction, others treat it as a rich continuum of heaviness. Following an introduction to weight-sensitive systems in phonology, Kevin Ryan explores the range of phenomena that interact with prosodic weight. Chapters examine the analysis of scales in terms of prominence rather than moraic coercion; prosodic minimality in the context of larger prosodic constituents; syllable weight in metrics; and the relationship between prosodic end-weight and stress. Throughout, the analysis is based on a survey of weight systems both within and across the world's languages, which yields a number of valuable generalizations and points towards a universal theory of weight in human language.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-02-28
Mått:165 x 238 x 24 mm
Vikt:630 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Studies in Phonology and Phonetics
Antal sidor:308
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198817949

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Mer om författaren

Kevin M. Ryan is Professor of Linguistics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 2011 after receiving his PhD from UCLA. His research centers on phonology, morphology, poetics, and South Asian languages, and draws on corpus-based, experimental, and typological data. A recurring focus is prosodic systems, including topics such as stress, weight, meter, and phrasal phonology. His work has appeared in journals such as Language, Linguistic Inquiry, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, and Phonology.

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thoughts presented in this book lighten the way of this ongoing field of research in prosodic weight and will undoubtedly benefit those who are interested in phonetics and phonology greatly.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of abbreviations and symbols1: Overview and aims2: Complex weight for stress3: Prosodic minimality in isolation and in context4: Quantitative meter: Categorical and gradient weight5: Prosodic end-weight and the stress-weight interface6: ConclusionAppendix: Key constraintsReferencesIndex