The Phonology of German (Phonology of the World's Languages S.) - Hardcover

Wiese, Richard

9780198240402: The Phonology of German (Phonology of the World's Languages S.)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198240406 ISBN 13: 9780198240402

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1996

In this book Richard Wiese provides the most complete and up-to-date description presently available of the phonology of German. Starting with a presentation of phonemes and their features, the author then describes in detail syllables, higher prosodic units, phonological conditions of word-formation, patterns of redundancy for features, phonological rules, and rules of stress for words and phrases. He lays particular emphasis on the interaction of morphology and phonology. He focuses on the present-day standard language, but includes occasional discussion of other variants and registers. The study is informed by recent models of phonological theory, and for phonologists and morphologists it provides both a rich source of material and critical discussion of current problems and solutions. It also serves as an introduction to the sound-system of German for the non-specialist reader. This book is intended for linguists, especially phonologists and morphologists; scholars and students of German.

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Review:

a readable and clear treatment of the subject (Richard Wiese, SIL International Book Reviews)

Discusses almost all aspects of Standard German phonology in a very accessible way ... very well structured ... The Phonology of German must be regarded not only as a valuable source for everybody who wants to be informed about the state of the art in German phonology, but also as the starting point for every investigation into almost any aspect of German phonology. This book deserves a place in the shelves of every 'Phoni' and every 'Morphi'. (Journal of Linguistics)

About the Author:

Richard Wiese is Professor of Linguistics at Philipps-Universit�t Marburg. He is the editor of Recent Developments in Lexical Phonology (1994), and author of Silbische und Lexikalische Phonologie: Studien zum Chinesischen und Deutschen (1988) and Psycholinguistische Aspeke der Sprachproduktion: Sprechverhalten und Verbalisierungsprozesse (1983).

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