Markedness: Reduction and Preservation in Phonology

ISBN-13: 9780521142236 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 468 str.

Paul De Lacy; Paul De Lacy

Opis

This work presents a new theory of markedness in phonology, the tendency of languages to show a preference for particular structures or sounds. Drawing on examples from a wide range of phonological phenomena, de Lacy argues that markedness is part of our linguistic competence, determined by conflicting mechanisms in the brain.