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Vowel Harmony and Correspondence Theory / Martin Krämer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ; 66Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2008]Copyright date: ©2003Edition: Reprint 2012Description: 1 online resource (305 p.) : IllustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110179484
  • 9783110197310
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 415 22
LOC classification:
  • P234 .K73 2003eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I: The phenomenon and the theoretical -- background -- Chapter 1. An introduction to vowel harmony -- Chapter 2. Optimality Theory and the formalisation -- of harmony -- Chapter 3. Cyclicity and phonological opacity as -- constraint coordination and positional faithfulness -- Part II: Case studies -- Chapter 4. Edge effects and positional -- integrity -- Chapter 5. Vowel transparency as balance -- Chapter 6. Trojan vowels and phonological -- opacity -- Chapter 7. General conclusion -- Backmatter
Summary: Vowel Harmony and Correspondence Theory covers the major issues in the generative analysis of vowel harmony and vowel harmony typology. The book offers an economical account of the most prominent features of vowel harmony systems (root control, affix control, dominance, vowel opacity, and neutrality) within the framework of optimality theory, extending the notion of correspondence to the syntagmatic dimension.The book contains a typological overview of vowel harmony patterns, an introduction to the basics of optimality theory including some of its most recent extensions and detailed studies of harmony systems in 10 languages from a variety of language families.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I: The phenomenon and the theoretical -- background -- Chapter 1. An introduction to vowel harmony -- Chapter 2. Optimality Theory and the formalisation -- of harmony -- Chapter 3. Cyclicity and phonological opacity as -- constraint coordination and positional faithfulness -- Part II: Case studies -- Chapter 4. Edge effects and positional -- integrity -- Chapter 5. Vowel transparency as balance -- Chapter 6. Trojan vowels and phonological -- opacity -- Chapter 7. General conclusion -- Backmatter

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Vowel Harmony and Correspondence Theory covers the major issues in the generative analysis of vowel harmony and vowel harmony typology. The book offers an economical account of the most prominent features of vowel harmony systems (root control, affix control, dominance, vowel opacity, and neutrality) within the framework of optimality theory, extending the notion of correspondence to the syntagmatic dimension.The book contains a typological overview of vowel harmony patterns, an introduction to the basics of optimality theory including some of its most recent extensions and detailed studies of harmony systems in 10 languages from a variety of language families.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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