Structural Relations and Government in Phonology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783639083385)

This book aims to introduce the notion of bidirectional government into phonological theory. The importance of bidirectionality lies in the fact that a number of phonological generalisations so far unrelated become amenable to a single algorithm of governing relations. A parallel is drawn, for example, between vowel reduction, vowel-zero alternation, shortening and lengthening phenomena. Furthermore, new distri-butional criteria for different types of consonant clusters become available as a result of the analysis. The present book was primarily tailored to come to grips with the facts of English. However, with minor modifications it should also be applicable to other languages. This work is a slightly amended version of my PhD dissertation entitled Bi-directional Government in CV-Phonology: Farewell to strict directionality, defended at the Doctoral School in Linguistics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.

Author: Csaba Csides
ISBN-10: 3639083385
ISBN-13: 9783639083385
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2008
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d