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Phonology - the study of how the sounds of speech are represented in our minds - is one of the core areas of linguistic theory, and is central to the study of human language. This handbook brings together the world's leading experts in phonology to present the most comprehensive and detailed overview of the field. Focusing on research and the most influential theories, the authors discuss each of the central issues in phonological theory, explore a variety of empirical phenomena, and show how phonology interacts with other aspects of language such as syntax, morphology, phonetics, and language acquisition. Providing a one-stop guide to every aspect of this important field, The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology will serve as an invaluable source of readings for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, an informative overview for linguists and a useful starting point for anyone beginning phonological research.
Grammar, Comparative and general --- 801.4 --- Phonology --- Phonology. --- Fonetiek. Fonologie --- 801.4 Fonetiek. Fonologie --- Phonetics --- Lengua inglesa --- Fonología --- English language --- Phonetics. --- Articulatory phonetics --- Orthoepy --- Linguistics --- Speech --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Phonology
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'Markedness' refers to the tendency of languages to show a preference for particular structures or sounds. This bias towards 'marked' elements is consistent within and across languages, and tells us a great deal about what languages can and cannot do. This pioneering study presents a groundbreaking theory of markedness in phonology. De Lacy argues that markedness is part of our linguistic competence, and is determined by three conflicting mechanisms in the brain: (a) pressure to preserve marked sounds ('preservation'), (b) pressure to turn marked sounds into unmarked sounds ('reduction'), and (c) a mechanism allowing the distinction between marked and unmarked sounds to be collapsed ('conflation'). He shows that due to these mechanisms, markedness occurs only when preservation is irrelevant. Drawing on examples of phenomena such as epenthesis, neutralisation, assimilation, vowel reduction and sonority-driven stress, Markedness offers an important insight into this essential concept in the understanding of human language.
Grammar, Comparative and general --- Markedness (Linguistics) --- Marked member (Linguistics) --- Distinctive features (Linguistics) --- Generative grammar --- Linguistics --- Phonology --- Phonetics --- Phonology. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Phonology
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