Joseph Salmons

Sound Change (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing examples from a range of world languages, this textbook introduces the ways in which speech sounds become different over time. It explores how we produce and hear particular sounds and how overall word shapes and the pronunciation of individual words change. The roles of phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, traditional formal models and recent exemplar-based work in sound change are all examined. In covering both structural and societal issues, the book integrates different kinds of historical evidence and different theories into a coherent understanding of the full process of sound change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474461740
• Artikelnr.: 72420060

Autorenporträt

Joe Salmons is the Lester W.J. "Smoky" Seifert Professor in Language Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison

Inhaltsangabe

The background
Preface: What we're doing here and why
1. Introduction: What is sound change and how can we understand it?
2. The history of the field and why you need to understand it
Starting points
3. Segmental sound change
4. Sound change beyond the segment
5. Evidence for sound change
Where sound changes
6. The learner
7. Society
Sound change in grammar
8. Phonetics and sound change
9. Phonology and sound change
10. Sound change beyond the sound system
The bigger picture
11. Conclusion: Toward a synthesis
References
Index of languages and families
Index of subjects