A Substance-Free Framework for Phonology: An Analysis of the Breton Dialect of Bothoa

ISBN-13: 9781474437561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

Pavel Iosad

Opis

Presenting the first comprehensive analysis of the sound patterns of a Breton variety treated in a substance-free phonological framework, this book will enhance the understanding of Celtic phonology and offers a valuable reference for postgraduate students, academics and researchers working in phonological theory and Celtic studies.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

1: Introduction

2: Conceptual foundations of substance-free phonology

3: Representational assumptions

4: Computational assumptions

5: Complexity and markedness in substance-free phonology

6: The Breton language

7: Segments and representations

8: Suprasegmental phonology

9: The phonology of vowels

10: The phonology of consonants: palatalization and gliding

11: Laryngeal phonology

12: Conclusion

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