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Syllable and Word Languages

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This is the first volume concerned with the phonological typology of syllable and word languages, based on the model of a complex, multi-layered and hierarchically structured phonological system. The main typological claim is that the phonetic and phonological make-up of a language depends on the relevance of the prosodic categories. In previous research, the syllable and the phonological word have already proved to be typologically important. The contributions in this volume discuss theoretical questions and address issues such as the variable structure of the phonological word, the interplay between phonetics and phonology as well as the effect of a language’s phonological make-up on its morphology or lexicon. The volume provides detailed synchronic and diachronic analyses of (Non-)Indo-European languages which will serve as a basis for further typological research.

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Javier Caro Reina, University of Cologne, Germany; Renata Szczepaniak, University of Hamburg, Germany.

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    Table of contents

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    Acknowledgements

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    List of abbreviations and symbols

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    Preface

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    Peter Auer
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    Introduction: Syllable and word languages

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    Javier Caro and Renata Szczepaniak
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    The typology of syllable and word languages and Swedish phonological structure

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    Stig Eliasson
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    Syllable complexity in the diachrony of Romance languages: A center vs. periphery view and the syllable vs. word rhythm paradigm

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    Matthias Heinz
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    Pervasive syllables and phonological unity in words

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    Barış Kabak
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    Monosyllabic Lengthening in German and its relation to the syllable vs. word language typology

    140
    Guido Seiler and Kathrin Würth
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    Vowel and consonant epentheses in the history of German from the typological perspective of syllable and word languages

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    Renata Szczepaniak
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    Scandinavian word phonology: Evidence for a typological cycle

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    Kurt Braunmüller
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    Syllable- and word-related developments in earlier Indo-Iranian

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    Martin Joachim
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    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

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    Damaris Nübling
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    Reduction and deletion of glottal stops and geminates at phonological word boundaries in German compounds: Effects of word frequency and accentuation

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    Pia Bergmann
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    Phonological domains in Luxembourgish and their relevance for the phonological system

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    Peter Gilles
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    Low German: A profile of a word language

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    Steffen Höder
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    Phonological and phonetic considerations for a classification of Swiss German dialects as a word language or a syllable language

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    Beat Siebenhaar
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    Central Catalan in the framework of the typology of syllable and word languages

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    Javier Caro Reina
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    Batidas latinas: On rhythm and meter in Spanish and Portuguese and other forms of music

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    Uli Reich and Martin Rohrmeier
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    Syllable typology and the rhythm class hypothesis: Evidence from Italo-Romance dialects

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    Stephan Schmid
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eBook published on:
October 24, 2014
eBook ISBN:
9783110346992
Hardcover published on:
October 13, 2014
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110343458
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Front matter:
12
Main content:
454
Illustrations:
40
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2
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110346992
eBook ISBN: 9783110346992
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110343458
Keywords for this book
Phonological Typology; Syllable; Phonological Word
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Researchers in language typology, historical linguistics, phonology and phonetics
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