Segmental Structure and Complex Segments
1st Edition
Published on 17. August 2015
VIII, 233 pages
978-3-11-095529-3 (ISBN)
Description
This volume aims at presenting a phonological theory of segmental structure which is capable of providing adequate representations of complex segments, focusing mainly on phonological place and manner. In the first few chapters, a theory of segmental structure is presented which makes it possible to derive a set of complex segments which includes affricates, prenasalised stops, consonants with secondary articulation and short diphthongs. In the final chapters, a thorough investigation is presented of the behaviour of such segments in phonological processes.
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Jeroen van de Weijer
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Content
- Intro
- Introduction
- Ch. 1 Vowel place elements
- 1. The basic vowels
- 1.1 Brazilian Portuguese
- 1.2 The neutralisation of vowel contrasts
- 1.3 Other languages: segment inventories
- 1.3.1 Turkish vowel harmony
- 1.3.2 Morphological considerations
- 1.3.3 Vowel systems
- 1.3.4 Patterns in vowel inventories
- 1.4 Other considerations
- 2. Processes
- 3. More mid vowels and additional height contrasts
- 4. Notation
- 5. Conclusion
- Ch. 2 Consonant place elements
- 1. Consonant places of articulation: I, A and U
- 1.1 Segment inventories
- 1.2 Other considerations
- 2. Consonant-vowel interactions
- 2.1 Interactions involving the element U
- 2.1.1 Rounding of vowels before or after labial consonants
- 2.1.2 Labialisation of consonants before or after rounded vowels
- 2.1.3 Other evidence
- 2.2 Interactions involving the element I
- 2.2.1 Fronting of vowels before or after coronal consonants
- 2.2.2 Coronalisation of consonants before or after front vowels
- 2.2.3 Other evidence
- 2.3 Interactions involving the element A
- 2.3.1 Lowering and/or backing of vowels before or after velar consonants
- 2.3.2 Dorsalization of consonants before or after back vowels
- 2.3.3 Other evidence
- 2.3.4 Discussion
- 3. Conclusion
- Ch. 3 Complex segments and phonological complexity
- 1. Complex segments pre-theoretically
- 2. Phonological complexity
- 2.1 Assumptions
- 2.2 Complex segments from a theoretical perspective
- 2.2.1 Colour mixing
- 2.2.2 Multiple stricture
- 2.2.3 Two-rootedness
- 3. Conclusion
- Ch. 4 Head-dependent asymmetries at the segmental level
- 1. The mismatch condition in metrical and segmental phonology
- 1.1 Combining two-rootedness and colour mixing
- 1.1.1 Consonants with secondary articulation
- 1.1.2 Short diphthongs
- 1.2 Combining two-rootedness and multiple stricture
- 1.3 Combining colour mixing and multiple stricture
- 2. Combining all three types of complexity
- 3. Conclusion
- Ch. 5 Maimer primitives
- 1. Manner
- 2. Simple segments and natural classes
- 2.1 Simple segments
- 2.2 Natural classes
- 3. Complex segments: multiple stricture
- 4. Complex segment results
- 5. Conclusion
- Ch. 6 Colour mixing in consonants
- 1. Combining the elements
- 1.1 Combining identical elements
- 1.1.1 Bilabial vs. labiodental
- 1.1.2 Dental vs. alveolar
- 1.1.3 Pharyngeal vs. velar
- 1.2 Combining different elements
- 1.2.1 Labial-velars
- 1.2.2 Labial-coronals
- 2. Coronal places of articulation
- 3. Uvulars
- 3.1 Velars and uvulars form a natural class
- 3.2 Uvulars have secondary velarisation
- 4. Conclusion
- Ch. 7 Affricates
- 1. Spreading [acont] and the Manner-Place dependency in affricates
- 1.1 Empirical issues
- 1.2 The Manner-Place dependency in affricates
- 2. Evidence
- 2.1 Affricates as single segments
- 2.2 Segment inventories
- 2.2.1 Secondary articulation
- 2.2.2 Place of articulation in fricatives and affricates
- 2.3 Ordering of [stop] and [cont] in affricates
- 3. Basque
- 3.1 Preliminaries
- 3.1.1 Affricates as single segments
- 3.1.2 Two monovalent features [stop] and [cont]
- 3.1.3 The Manner-Place dependency in Basque affricates
- 3.2 Processes and constraints in Basque
- 3.2.1 Stop Deletion
- 3.2.2 Glottal Stop Formation and Aspiration
- 3.2.3 Sibilant Harmony
- 3.2.4 Fricativisation
- 3.2.5 Voice Assimilation
- 3.2.6 Palatalisation
- 3.3 Summary concerning Basque
- 4. Conclusion
- Ch. 8 Prenasalised stops
- 1. Prenasalised stops: three predictions
- 1.1 Prenasalised stops as unit segments
- 1.2 Ordering
- 1.2.1 Ngbaka
- 1.2.2 The Ganda Law and other rules
- 1.3 Place attached to [stop] only
- 2. Alternative representations of prenasalised stops
- 2.1 Prenasalised stops as contour segments
- 2.2 Prenasalised stops as two-root complex segments
- 3. Conclusion
- Ch. 9 /s/ plus stop clusters
- 1. Syllabification
- 2. Phonological rules and constraints
- 2.1 Reduplication
- 2.2 Partial geminates
- 2.3 Other evidence
- 3. Ordering
- 4. Conclusion
- Ch. 10 Two-root complex segments
- 1. Two consonants under one x-slot
- 1.1 Clicks
- 1.2 Labial-coronals
- 1.3 Postnasalised stops
- 2. Two vowels under one x-slot: short diphthongs
- 3. A vowel and a consonant under one x-slot
- 3.1 Consonants with secondary articulation
- 3.2 Vowels with consonantal properties
- 4. Conclusion
- References
