METRICAL PHONOLOGY AND PHONOLOGICAL STRUCTURE by Heinz J. Giegerich ( 9780521106078 )

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METRICAL PHONOLOGY AND PHONOLOGICAL STRUCTURE
GERMAN AND ENGLISH

By:

Heinz J. Giegerich

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0521106079

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

30 November, 2008

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics v. 43

Pages:

312

Description:

Heinz Giegerich pursues phonological structure with the clarity of exposition.

Synopsis:

In this monograph, the first to be exclusively concerned with a model of phonological structure that is becoming increasingly influential, Heinz Giegerich pursues two major aims. First, he explores the theoretical foundations of 'metrical phonology' and in so doing suggests that the current model should be significantly simplified: auxiliary devices such as 'prosodic categories', ' metrical grids' and segmental stress features are shown to be unnecessary in this study. Secondly, he applies the model to a wide range of German and English data and in particular provides a detailed account of the stress patterns of German words - native and nonnative, morphologically simple and complex. The many similarities between German and English phonological structure are thereby strikingly illustrated. The book's clarity of exposition will enable readers not wholly familiar with metrical phonology to appreciate fully the elegance of this model in, arguably, its most basic form.

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