An Integrated Theory of Autosegmental Processes (SUNY series in Linguistics) - Hardcover

Lieber, Rochelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0887065090 ISBN 13: 9780887065095

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1987

Synopsis

This volume resolves an inconsistency that has arisen in the autosegmental theory of phonology and morphology - some versions of this theory allow a single distinctive feature to be duplicated on more than one tier, and others do not. In this book the author affirms that duplication of features should be allowed, but should not be restricted, by a device called the Duplicate Features Filter. She proposes a number of other revisions to current autosegmental theory, and shows how this unified theory can lead to elegant and revealing analyses of such varied phenomena as consonant mutation, umlaut, infixation and the behavior of depressor consonants in tone languages, and vowel and consonant harmony processes. Languages as diverse as Khalka Mongolian, modern German, Zulu, Andalusian Spanish, Terena, Mixtec, Chumash, Fula, Nuer, and Chemehuevi are discussed.

Integrated autosegmental theory draws together diverse linguistic phenomena and reveals underlying similarities among them. The result is a concise and detailed work which brings the phenomena of autosegmental phonology and morphology into a single cohesive framework.

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About the Author

Rochelle Lieber is Associate Professor of English at the University of New Hampshire.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887065090
• ISBN 13: 9780887065095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 209