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1 online resource (298 pages) |
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Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics |
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Outstanding dissertations in linguistics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; 2.2.2 Coercive Moraic Markedness Constraints; 2.3 Constraint Interactions and Weight Patterns; 2.3.1 Factorial Ranking and ""Pure"" Coerced Weight; 2.3.2 Factorial Ranking and ""Pure"" Distinctive Weight; 2.3.3 Interactions between Distinctive and Coerced Weight; 2.4 Summary; 3.2.3.2 Coerced Weight for all Consonants; 3.4.3 Distinctive Consonant Weight and Vowel Length Neutralization; Preface; Acknowledgements; 4.3.3.2 Unattested Stress Patterns; Chapter 1 Syllable Weight: Descriptive Generalizations; 1.1 Introduction |
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1.1.1 What is syllable weight?1.1.2 Moraic Theory; 1.1.3 Superheavy and Extra-light Syllables; 1.1.4 Summary; 1.2 Two Sources of Weight: Coerced and Distinctive; 1.2.1 Coerced Weight; 1.2.2 Coerced Weight Summary; 1.2.3 Distinctive Weight; 1.2.4 Distinctive Weight Summary; 1.3 Summary of Weight Descriptive Generalizations; Chapter 2 Optimality Theory, Typology and Constraints; 2.1 Optimality Theory and Typology; 2.2 Constraints; 2.2.1 General Moraic Markedness Constraints and Sonority; 2.2.3 Correspondence Theory and Moraic Faithfulness Constraints |
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2.2.4 MaxLink and DepLink versus Max and DepChapter 3 Segment Weight Typology; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Coerced Weight; 3.2.1 Coerced Vowel Length; 3.2.1.1 No Coerced Vowel Length; 3.2.1.2 Coerced Length for All Vowels; 3.2.1.3 Coerced More-sonorous Vowel Length; 3.2.2 Summary of Coerced Vowel Length; 3.2.3 Coerced Consonant Weight; 3.2.3.1 No Coerced Consonant Weight; 3.2.3.3 Coerced More-sonorous Consonant Weight; 3.2.4 Summary of Coerced Consonant Weight; 3.2.5 Coerced Consonant and Vowel Weight; 3.2.6 Summary of Coercive Weight Patterns; 3.3 Distinctive Weight |
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3.3.1 Distinctiveness of Vowel Length3.3.1.1 No Distinctive Vowel Length; 3.3.1.2 Distinctive Vowel Length for All Vowels; 3.3.1.3 Distinctive Length for Less-sonorous Vowels Only; 3.3.1.4 Distinctive Length for More-sonorous Vowels Only; 3.3.2 Distinctiveness of Consonant Weight; 3.3.2.1 No Distinctive Consonant Weight; 3.3.2.2 Distinctive Consonant Weight for All Consonants; 3.3.2.3 Distinctive Weight for Less-sonorous Consonants Only; 3.3.2.4 Distinctive Weight for More-sonorous Consonants Only; 3.3.3 Distinctive Consonant and Vowel Weight; 3.3.4 Summary of Distinctive Weight Patterns |
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3.4 Interactions between Coerced and Distinctive Weight3.4.1 Distinctive Vowel Length Neutralization; 3.4.2 Distinctive Consonant Weight Neutralization; 3.5 Summary; Chapter 4 Case Studies; 4.1 Hawaiian Syllable Weight; 4.1.1 Data; 4.1.2 Analysis; 4.1.3 Summary; 4.2 Italian Syllable Weight and Stress Assignment; 4.2.1 Data-Vowel Length, Consonant Weight, and Syllabification; 4.2.2 Analysis; 4.2.2.1 Core Syllable Weight; 4.2.2.2 Penultimate Stress and Vowel Lengthening; 4.2.2.3 Antepenultimate Stress; 4.2.2.4 Weight by Position; 4.2.2.5 Weight Sensitivity; 4.2.2.6 Exceptional Stress |
| Summary |
This volume proposes a unified weight theory that challenges traditionally held beliefs regarding the vowel/consonant dichotomy inherent in moraicity and illuminates many previously intractable issues |
| Notes |
4.2.3 Raddoppiamento Sintattico (Syntactic Doubling) |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136711619 |
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1136711619 |
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