Description
| Product ID: | 9780198817949 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Oxford Studies in Phonology and Phonetics |
| Title: | Prosodic Weight |
| Subtitle: | Categories and Continua |
| Authors: | Author: Kevin M. Ryan |
| Page Count: | 308 |
| Subjects: | Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Phonetics, phonology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics & pragmatics, Phonetics, phonology, Grammar, syntax & morphology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book provides the most comprehensive treatment of phonological weight to date, combining traditional notions of categorical, rime-based weight with new developments in statistical prosodic phonology. It is based on a survey of weight systems in the world's languages, yielding a number of valuable generalizations for human language. This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of phonological weight to date, bringing together traditional notions of categorical, rime-based weight and new developments in statistical prosodic phonology. The book demonstrates that while some systems treat weight as a simple (heavy vs. light) distinction, others treat it as a rich continuum of heaviness. Following an introduction to weight-sensitive systems in phonology, Kevin Ryan explores the range of phenomena that interact with prosodic weight. Chapters examine the analysis of scales in terms of prominence rather than moraic coercion; prosodic minimality in the context of larger prosodic constituents; syllable weight in metrics; and the relationship between prosodic end-weight and stress. Throughout, the analysis is based on a survey of weight systems both within and across the world''s languages, which yields a number of valuable generalizations and points towards a universal theory of weight in human language. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-02-28 |
