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Tones and features : phonetic and phonological perspectives / edited by John A. Goldsmith, Elisabeth Hume, Leo Wetzels

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Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 369 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Goldsmith, John A., 1951-, Hume, Elizabeth V., 1956-, and Wetzels, Leo
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Language Note
In English.
Contents
Preface; 1. The representation and nature of tone; Do we need tone features?; Rhythm, quantity and tone in the Kinyarwanda verb; Do tones have features?; Features impinging on tone; Downstep and linguistic scaling in Dagara-Wulé; 2. The representation and nature of phonological features; Crossing the quantal boundaries of features: Subglottal resonances and Swabian diphthongs; Voice assimilation in French obstruents: Categorical or gradient?; An acoustic study of the Korean fricatives /s, s'/: implications for the features [spread glottis] and [tense] and Autosegmental spreading in Optimality TheoryEvaluating the effectiveness of Unified Feature Theory and three other feature systems; Language-independent bases of distinctive features; Representation of complex segments in Bulgarian; Proposals for a representation of sounds based on their main acoustico-perceptual properties; The representation of vowel features and vowel neutralization in Brazilian Portuguese (southern dialects); Index
Summary
This volume includes papers by leading figures in phonetics and phonology on two topics central to phonological theory: tones and phonological features. Papers address a wide range of topics bearing on tones and features including their formal representation and phonetic foundation.
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9783110246223 (electronic bk.)
3110246228 (electronic bk.)
311024621X (alk. paper)
9783110246216 (alk. paper)
9783110246216
1283430010
9781283430012
9786613430014
6613430013
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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