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Syllable-Based Generalizations in English Phonology

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9781317420200)electronic bk.(

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Syllable-Based Generalizations in English Phonology

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Routledge

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2015

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1 online resource )223 page

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Routledge Library Edition: The English Languag

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Series: Routledge Library Edition: The English L

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Footnotes -- Chapter I - Preliminaries -- Introduction -- Section 1 - Justifying Syllabic Phonology -- Section 2 - Phonetic Descriptions and the Syllable -- Section 3 - Ambisyllabicity -- Section 4 - Phonetic Syllabication: Formalism -- Section 5 - Syllable-Structure Assignment Rules for English -- Section 6 - The Syllable and Phonotactic Constraints -- Footnotes -- Chapter II - Syllable-Structure Conditioning in Phonological Rules -- Introduction -- Section 1 - The Phonological Development of Underlying /t/ -- 1.1 - Aspiration -- 1.2 - Unreleased Stops and Glottalization -- 1.3 - Summary and Extension Beyond Word Level -- 1.4 - Underlying Representation of Voiceless Stops -- 1.5 - "Flapped" /t/ -- 1.6 - "Sonorization" -- 1.7 - The Alveopalatal Allophones -- Section 2 - /r/-Loss -- Section 3 - Pre-/r/ Vowel Quality -- Section 4 - Glide Sequences -- Section 5 - Raising of /?i/ٶ -- Section 6 - Simplification of /nyu/ -- Section 7 - Simplification of /& x14B;g/ -- Section 8 - Stress Placement -- Section 9 - Halle's Rule-Writing Convention -- Appendix 1 - The Distinctive-Feature Description of Engl. /r/ -- Appendix 2 - A Note on the Phonetics of "Flapped" /t/ -- Appendix 3 - More on pre-/r/ Vowel Quality -- Footnotes -- Chapter III - On Word-Based Generalizations with Syllabic Conditioning -- Section 1 - A Hypothesis -- Section 2 - /?iٶr/ -- Section 3 - Short Non-Low Pre-/r/ Vowels -- Section 4 - Raising of /?i/ٶ -- Section 5 - The Velar Nasal -- Section 6 - Summary -- Footnotes -- Bibli This dissertation, first published in 1980, is concerned with the role of the syllable in generative grammar. Kahn argues that the syllable is a necessary element in phonological descriptions by identifying aspects of phonology that seem to call for analysis in terms of syllabic structure and demonstrating the superiority of syllabic analyses over possible alternative solutions. This title will be of interest to students of English language and ling

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English language -- Phonology

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English language -- Pronunciation

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English language -- Syllabication

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Kahn, Daniel.

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