Language Universals, Markedness Theory, and Natural Phonetic Processes

Robert K. Herbert

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9783110109733
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110865936
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

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Table of contents

• Notes on symbols
• 1 Introduction and orientation
• 1.0 Introduction
• 1.1 Background and theoretical orientation
• 1.2 Sources of data
• 1.3 Arrangement of the chapters
• 2 Definition and phonological status of prenasalization
• 2.0 Introduction
• 2.1 The problem of definition
• 2.2 Phonological markedness
• 2.3 Summary
• 2.4 Notes
• 3 Prenasalized consonants: Units or clusters?
• 3.0 Introduction
• 3.1 Strategy of determination
• 3.2 General considerations
• 3.3 Syllable structure considerations
• 3.4 Motivation for a feature analysis
• 3.5 Summary
• 3.6 Notes
• 4 Formal representation of prenasalized consonants
• 4.0 Introduction
• 4.1 Formal representation
• 4.2 Feature analyses: Theoretical considerations
• 4.3 Phonetic vector specifications
• 4.4 Summary
• 4.5 Notes
• 5 Phonetic evidence for a cluster analyses
• 5.0 Introduction
• 5.1 Vowel quality
• 5.2 Vowel nasality
• 5.3 Vowel quantity
• 5.4 Syllabicity alternations
• 5.5 Summary
• 5.6 Notes
• 6 A derivational model for nasal-oral unification
• 6.0 Introduction
• 6.1 Theoretical background
• 6.2 Relationship of phonetic processes and unification
• 6.3 Derivational model
• 6.4 Initial prenasalization and unification: An alternative model
• 6.5 Summary
• 6.6 Notes
• 7 Prenasalized consonants: Processes of origin
• 7.0 Introduction
• 7.1 Nasal abutment
• 7.2 Environmental shielding processes
• 7.3 Shielding within clusters
• 7.4 Spurious, spontaneous, and intrusive nasalization
• 7.5 Some problematic cases
• 7.6 Summary
• 7.7 Notes
• 8 Phonetic processes in derivation
• 8.0 Introduction
• 8.1 Processes affecting oral consonants
• 8.2 Processes affecting nasal consonants
• 8.3 Summary
• 8.4 Gemination of consonants and prenasalization
• 8.5 Notes
• 9 Implications and conclusions
• 9.0 Introduction
• 9.1 Explaining markedness
• 9.2 Universals in reconstruction
• 9.3 Implications and directions for future research
• 9.4 Summary
• 9.5 Notes
• References