Error-Based Evidence for the Phonology of Glides and Nasals in Polish with Reference to English

Hanna Dziczek-Karlikowska

ISBN 10: 3631632282 / ISBN 13: 9783631632284

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2012, 2012

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Neuware -This book discusses the phonology of glides and nasals in Polish and English on the basis of spelling and pronunciation errors. The aim of this study is to show the relatedness between spelling and pronunciation errors and the phonological systems of both languages in Standard Generative Phonology and Optimality Theory. The rule-based phonology, where the intricacies of gliding and nasalization are resolved by the application of fully productive rules, gives a coherent analysis of the investigated data corpus. Similarly, the constraint-based phonology, where the solution is offered by the system of universal constraints, successfully accounts for the examined phenomena. However, for generalizations concerning the insertion of the back glide, Standard Optimality Theory does not provide conclusive results. This study proves that the introduction of a two-level evaluation, as envisaged by Derivational Optimality Theory, satisfactorily handles the ongoing changes. 162 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Error-Based Evidence for the Phonology of Glides and Nasals in Polish with Reference to English
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631632282
• ISBN 13: 9783631632284
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 13D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 330 grams

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Synopsis

This book discusses the phonology of glides and nasals in Polish and English on the basis of spelling and pronunciation errors. The aim of this study is to show the relatedness between spelling and pronunciation errors and the phonological systems of both languages in Standard Generative Phonology and Optimality Theory. The rule-based phonology, where the intricacies of gliding and nasalization are resolved by the application of fully productive rules, gives a coherent analysis of the investigated data corpus. Similarly, the constraint-based phonology, where the solution is offered by the system of universal constraints, successfully accounts for the examined phenomena. However, for generalizations concerning the insertion of the back glide, Standard Optimality Theory does not provide conclusive results. This study proves that the introduction of a two-level evaluation, as envisaged by Derivational Optimality Theory, satisfactorily handles the ongoing changes.

About the Author

Hanna Dziczek-Karlikowska is a lecturer at the University of Social Sciences in Warsaw (Poland). Her research concentrates on Generative phonology, Optimality theory, English-Polish contrastive phonology and English in business. She is the author of several papers on English and Polish phonology.