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1 online resource |
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Phonology and phonetics ; 20 |
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Phonology and phonetics ; 20.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Harmonic processes and metaphony in some Italian varieties -- Metaphony and diphthongization in Southern Italy: reconstructive implications for sound change in early Romance -- On the morphophonology of metaphonic alternations in Altamurano -- Metaphony in the Ticino Canton and phonological features -- Progressive metaphony in the Abruzzese dialect of Teramo -- Metaphony and Raddoppiamento Fonosintattico in plural nouns in the dialect of Airola -- On integrating different methodologies in phonological research: acoustic, articulatory, behavioral and neurophysiological evidence in the study of a metaphony system -- Which syntactic information gets interpreted by phonosyntactic processes? Evidence from /u/ propagation in Southern Italian dialects -- On the typology of metaphony/stress dependent harmony -- Metaphonic chain shifts, vowel height and markedness -- Positional prominence and consonantal interactions in metaphony and post-tonic harmony -- Opaque interactions between vowel merger and metaphony -- Abruzzese metaphony and the A eater -- Index |
| Summary |
This volume presents current work on a topic in Romance linguistics that still informs linguistic theory to this day: metaphony in the languages of Italy. Papers discuss fundamental research topics such as phonological opacity in the light of chain shifts, post-tonic harmony and consonant transparency, the role of morphosyntax in the typology of metaphony, the explanatory adequacy of feature-based versus element-based analyses, and the locus of metaphony in grammar. Other chapters present new experimental data, thus building a more accurate empirical foundation for the study of metaphony. We envision the volume to become a reference book not only for an updated descriptive survey of metaphonic patterns in Italy but also a thorough discussion of the challenges that metaphony poses for different (morpho)phonological theories. The book bridges the gap between descriptive works and theoretical thinking in the study of metaphony |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
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Italian language -- Phonology
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Italian language -- Morphology
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Italian language -- Vowels
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Italian language -- Dialects.
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Italian language -- Variation
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Italian.
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Italian language -- Dialects
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Italian language -- Morphology
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Italian language -- Phonology
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Italian language -- Variation
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Italian language -- Vowels
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Torres-Tamarit, Francesc, 1984- editor.
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Linke, Kathrin, 1978- editor.
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Oostendorp, Marc van, 1967- editor.
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| ISBN |
3110366312 |
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9783110366310 |
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9783110366327 |
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3110366320 |
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