The Phonology of Consonants
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The Phonology of Consonants

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The Phonology of Consonants

About this book

The most comprehensive work on dissimilation (the avoidance or repair of combinations of similar sounds) to date, this book proposes a novel analysis that handles dissimilation as the avoidance of surface correspondence relationships. It draws on recent work in Agreement By Correspondence to show that dissimilation is a natural outcome predicted by the same theory of Surface Correspondence. The theory is developed in more detail than ever before, and its predictions are tested and evaluated through ten in-depth analyses of diverse languages from Quechua to Kinyarwanda, together with a typological survey of over 150 dissimilation patterns drawn from over 130 languages, from Acehnese to Zulu. The book redefines the core of Surface Correspondence theory to a level of formal specificity and theoretical precision surpassing previous work. The book's findings are made more accessible by numerous examples featuring data from 47 languages from around the world.

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Yes, you can access The Phonology of Consonants by Wm G. Bennett in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Phonetics & Phonology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Series information
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of contents
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. 1 Introduction
  11. 2 The surface correspondence theory
  12. 3 Kinyarwanda: the effects of domain edges, and the adequacy of a single SCorr relation
  13. 4 Sundanese: complementary assimilation and dissimilation
  14. 5 Quechua and Obolo: the role of syllable edges
  15. 6 Chol and Ponapean: complete identity effects
  16. 7 Zulu labial dissimilation: SCTD and the OCP
  17. 8 Segmental blocking effects in dissimilation
  18. 9 Typological survey of dissimilation
  19. 10 Concluding remarks
  20. References
  21. Language Index
  22. Subject Index