Gjert Kristoffersen

The Phonology of Norwegian

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Norwegian language has undergone considerable change in the last 180 years, and in this book Gjert Kristoffersen considers the abundant evidence in order to provide us with an original analysis of the ways in which the sounds and meanings of competing languages may change and evolve.

Produktdetails

• Phonology of the World's Langu
• Verlag: Prairie Wind Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 695g
• ISBN-13: 9780199229321
• ISBN-10: 0199229325
• Artikelnr.: 24711399

Autorenporträt

Gjert Kristoffersen graduated from the University of Bergen in 1978. He has worked as Assistant Professor of General Linguistics and of Nordic Languages at the University of Tromsø (1979-84); Editor at the Norwegian University Press (Universitetsforlaget) in Tromsø and Oslo (1984-88); and Associate Professor of Nordic Languages at the University of Tromsø (1988-91). From 1991 he has held the post of Professor of Nordic Languages at the University of Bergen. He is the author of numerous articles on sociolinguistics and phonology in Scandinavian journals and anthologies.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Segments: Inventory and Feature Specifications
3: Phonotactic Constraints
4: Word Phonology
5: Syllable Structure
6: Stress Assignment in Simplex Words
7: Cyclic Stress Assignment
8: Cyclic Syllabification
9: Tonal Accents
10: Intonation and Rhythm
11: Postlexical Segmental Phonology
12: Orthographic Conventions
References
Index