Wm G. Bennett (South Africa Rhodes University)

The Phonology of Consonants

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Produktbeschreibung

The most comprehensive work on dissimilation (the avoidance or repair of combinations of similar sounds) to date, this book surveys over 150 dissimilation patterns drawn from over 130 languages, from Acehnese to Zulu. It contains a huge wealth of examples featuring data from 47 languages from around the world.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9781107423237
• ISBN-10: 1107423236
• Artikelnr.: 66129595

Autorenporträt

Wm G. Bennett is a senior lecturer in the Department of English Language and Linguistics at Rhodes University, South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The surface correspondence theory
3. Kinyarwanda: the effects of domain edges, and the adequacy of a single SCorr relation
4. Sundanese: complementary assimilation and dissimilation
5. Quechua and Obolo: the role of syllable edges
6. Chol and Ponapean: complete identity effects
7. Zulu labial dissimilation: SCTD and the OCP
8. Segmental blocking effects in dissimilation
9. Typological survey of dissimilation
10. Concluding remarks.