Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments VII
3. Contents IX
4. Abbreviations XIII
5. 1 The Faroese language: a brief overview 1
6. 2 Orthography and pronunciation 19
7. 3 Element theory 36
8. 4 Dialects and dialect variation 51
9. 5 Phonological changes 78
10. 6 Stress patterns, syllable structure, and phonotactics 114
11. 7 Vowels 167
12. 8 Formalization of the Faroese vocalic system 203
13. 9 Consonants 247
14. 10 Formalization of the consonantal mechanisms 283
15. 11 Aspects of the morphology-phonology interface 332
16. Conclusion 362
17. References 363
18. Index 375