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Mar 31, 2020 · Following ‘Laryngeal Realism’, two main systems within Germanic are identified: [spread glottis] or Glottal Width languages like Icelandic, German and English on the one hand and [voice] or Glottal Tension languages like Dutch, Frisian and Yiddish on the other.
Preference Laws for Syllable Structure and the Explanation of Sound Change: With Special Reference to German, Germanic, Italian, and Latin. Berlin, New York, and Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter.Google Scholar
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The present contribution examines phonological processes attested in modern Germanic languages. Focus is placed on segmental changes belonging to one of the following types: assimilation, dissimilation, epenthesis, deletion, coalescence, vowel reduction, strengthening, and weakening.
Feb 21, 2014 · The papers collected in this volume apply principles of phonology and morphology to the Germanic languages. Phonological phenomena range from subsegmental over phonemic to prosodic units (as syllables, pitch accent, stress). Morphology includes properties of roots, derivation, inflection, and words. The analyses deal with language-internal and ...
Abstract. This article describes the three classes of factors used to construct phonological typologies, based respectively on prosodic patterns, segmental patterns, and the structures of longer elements such as syllables and words.
Whereas the Output Component, the ‘articulator’, ultimately deals with such ‘analogue’ matters as formant frequency, intensity, duration, and spectral characteristics (reflecting individual voice quality, momentary mood swings, etc.), the Phonological Level is ‘digital’ in parallel with the levels discussed in earlier chapters, containing representations in phonemes that are ...
Jan 1, 2000 · This paper examines the phonology of a German four-year-old with asynchronous phonological development: age-level word structure and vowels, but a restricted consonantal inventory.
