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1 online resource (xviii, 280 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford linguistics |
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Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory |
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Oxford linguistics.
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Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory.
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| Contents |
Contents; Preface; List of figures and tables; Abbreviations; 1 Natural classes and distinctive features in phonology; 2 Phonetic and psycholinguistic evidence; 3 Survey methods; 4 Ambivalent segments; 5 Emergent feature theory; 6 General survey results; 7 Survey results in terms of feature theories; 8 The emergence of linguistic structure; Appendix A: Languages in the survey; Appendix B: Detailed survey results; Appendix C: Detailed phonetic similarity results; References; Language Index; Feature index; Index |
| Summary |
Jeff Mielke presents the results of a crosslinguistic survey of natural classes of distinctive features covering almost six hundred of the world's languages drawn from a variety of different families. In doing so he systematically tests the supposition that features are innate and universal rather than learned and language-specific. - ;This book makes a fundamental contribution to phonology, linguistic typology, and the nature of the human language faculty. Distinctive features in phonology distinguish one meaningful sound from another. Since the mid-twentieth century they have been seen as a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-263) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Distinctive features (Linguistics)
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Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Phonetics & Phonology.
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Distinctive features (Linguistics)
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Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191525940 |
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0191525944 |
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1281341452 |
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9781281341457 |
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9786611341459 |
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6611341455 |
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