Metrical Phonology and Phonological Structure: German and English (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 43) - Hardcover

Giegerich, Heinz J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521266262 ISBN 13: 9780521266260

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

In this monograph, the first to be exclusively concerned with a model of phonological structure that is becoming increasingly influential, Heinz Giegerich pursues two major aims. First, he explores the theoretical foundations of 'metrical phonology' and in so doing suggests that the current model should be significantly simplified: auxiliary devices such as 'prosodic categories', ' metrical grids' and segmental stress features are shown to be unnecessary in this study. Secondly, he applies the model to a wide range of German and English data and in particular provides a detailed account of the stress patterns of German words - native and nonnative, morphologically simple and complex. The many similarities between German and English phonological structure are thereby strikingly illustrated. The book's clarity of exposition will enable readers not wholly familiar with metrical phonology to appreciate fully the elegance of this model in, arguably, its most basic form.

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Book Description:

The book's clarity of exposition will enable readers not wholly familiar with metrical phonology to appreciate fully the elegance of this model in, arguably, its most basic form.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0521266262
• ISBN 13: 9780521266260
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 309