Slavic Prosody Language Change and Phonological Theory

Name: Slavic Prosody Language Change and Phonological Theory
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ISBN: 9780521026307

ISBN-10: 052102630X

ISBN-13: 9780521026307

Edition: N/A

Authors: Christina Y. Bethin, S. R. Anderson, J. Bresnan, B. Comrie, W. Dressler

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In Slavic Prosody Professor Bethin gives a coherent account of the Slavic languages at the time of their differentiation and relates these developments to issues in phonological theory. First Professor Bethin argues that the syllable structure of Slavic changed before the fall of the jers and suggests that intrasyllabic and intersyllabic reorganization in Late Common Slavic was far more significant for Slavic prosody than the loss of weak jers. She then makes a case for the existence of a bisyllabic prosodic domain in Late Common Slavic and trochaic metrical organization. Finally, she explores the implications of Slavic data for phonological theory, discussing sonority, skeletal structure,…

Book details

List price: $84.00
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface


List of abbreviations


Introduction



The syllable in Slavic: form and function



Beyond the syllable: prominence relations



Theoretical considerations


Conclusion


Notes


References


Index