Introduction: Syllable and word languages

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of contents V
3. Acknowledgements IX
4. List of abbreviations and symbols XI
5. Preface 1
6. Introduction: Syllable and word languages 8
7. Part 1: Theoretical issues
8. The typology of syllable and word languages and Swedish phonological structure 43
9. Syllable complexity in the diachrony of Romance languages: A center vs. periphery view and the syllable vs. word rhythm paradigm 87
10. Pervasive syllables and phonological unity in words 112
11. Monosyllabic Lengthening in German and its relation to the syllable vs. word language typology 140
12. Vowel and consonant epentheses in the history of German from the typological perspective of syllable and word languages 160
13. Part 2: Diachronic approaches
14. Scandinavian word phonology: Evidence for a typological cycle 183
15. Syllable- and word-related developments in earlier Indo-Iranian 204
16. From Christel to Christina, from Klaus to Nico: A diachronic study of German first names (1945–2010) and their shift towards the syllable language type 222
17. Part 3: Synchronic approaches (Germanic languages)
18. Reduction and deletion of glottal stops and geminates at phonological word boundaries in German compounds: Effects of word frequency and accentuation 251
19. Phonological domains in Luxembourgish and their relevance for the phonological system 279
20. Low German: A profile of a word language 305
21. Phonological and phonetic considerations for a classification of Swiss German dialects as a word language or a syllable language 327
22. Part 4: Synchronic approaches (Romance languages)
23. Central Catalan in the framework of the typology of syllable and word languages 349
24. Batidas latinas: On rhythm and meter in Spanish and Portuguese and other forms of music 391
25. Syllable typology and the rhythm class hypothesis: Evidence from Italo-Romance dialects 421