A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World
eBook - PDF

A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World

Harry van der Hulst, Rob Goedemans, Ellen van Zanten, Harry van der Hulst, Rob Goedemans, Ellen van Zanten

  1. 896 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World

Harry van der Hulst, Rob Goedemans, Ellen van Zanten, Harry van der Hulst, Rob Goedemans, Ellen van Zanten

Book details
Table of contents
Citations

About This Book

In part I of this volume, experts on various language areas provide surveys of word stress/accent systems of as many languages in 'their' part of the world as they could lay their hands on. No preconditions (theoretical or otherwise) were set, but the authors were encouraged to use the StressTyp data in their chapters.

Australian Languages (Rob Goedemans), Austronesian Languages (Ellen van Zanten, Ruben Stoel and Bert Remijsen), Papuan Languages (Ellen van Zanten and Philomena Dol), North American Languages (Keren Rice), South American Languages (Sergio Meira and Leo Wetzels), African Languages (Laura Downing), European Languages (Harry van der Hulst), Asian Languages (Harry van der Hulst and René Schiering), Middle Eastern Languages (Harry van der Hulst and Sam Hellmuth).

There is an introductory chapter (Chapter 1) that will provide the reader with elementary terminology and theoretical tools to understand the variety of accentual systems that will be discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. Chapter 2 has a double function. It presents an overview of stress patterns in Australian languages, but at the same time it is intended to (re-)familiarize readers with the coding, terminology and theoretical ideas of the StressTyp database. Chapter 11 presents statistical and typological information from the StressTyp database. Part II of this volume contains 'language profiles' which are, for each of the 511 languages contained in StressTyp (in 2009), extracts from the information that is contained in the database.

This volume will be of interest to people in the field of theoretical phonology and language typology. It will function as a reference work for these groups of researchers, but also, more generally, for people working on syntax and other fields of linguistics, who might wish to know certain basic facts about the distribution of word accent systems

Frequently asked questions

How do I cancel my subscription?
Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.
Can/how do I download books?
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
What is the difference between the pricing plans?
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
What is Perlego?
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Do you support text-to-speech?
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Is A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World an online PDF/ePUB?
Yes, you can access A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World by Harry van der Hulst, Rob Goedemans, Ellen van Zanten, Harry van der Hulst, Rob Goedemans, Ellen van Zanten in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Langues et linguistique & Linguistique. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2010
ISBN
9783110198966
Edition
1
Topic
Langues et linguistique
Subtopic
Linguistique

Table of contents

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Table of contents
  3. 1. Word accent: Terms, typologies and theories
  4. 2. An overview of word stress in Australian Aboriginal languages
  5. 3. Stress types in Austronesian languages
  6. 4. Word stress and pitch accent in Papuan languages
  7. 5. Accent in the native languages of North America
  8. 6. The Languages of Middle America
  9. 7. A Survey of South American stress systems
  10. 8. Accent in African languages
  11. 9. Word accent systems in the languages of Europe
  12. 10. Word accent systems in the languages of Asia
  13. 11. Word accent systems in the Middle East
  14. 12. A typology of stress patterns
  15. Australian languages
  16. Austronesian languages
  17. Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya languages
  18. North American languages
  19. Middle American languages
  20. South American languages
  21. Eurasian languages
  22. Asian languages
  23. Middle Eastern and African languages
  24. Backmatter