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This outstanding volume offers the first comprehensive collection of optimality-theoretic studies in Spanish phonology. Bringing together most of the best-known researchers in the field, it presents a state-of-the-art overview of research in Spanish phonology within the non-derivational framework of optimality theory. The book is structured around six major areas of phonological research: phonetics–phonology interface, segmental phonology, syllable structure and stress, morphophonology, language variation and change, and language acquisition, including general as well as more specialized articles. The reader is guided through the volume with the help of the introduction and a detailed index. The book will serve as core reading for advanced graduate-level phonology courses and seminars in Spanish linguistics, and in general linguistics phonology courses. It will also constitute an essential reference for researchers in phonology, phonological theory, and Spanish, and related areas, such as language acquisition, bilingualism, education, and speech and hearing science.

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Author:   Fernando Martínez-Gil (The Ohio State University) ,  Sonia Colina (University of Arizona)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   99
Weight:   1.165kg
ISBN:  

9789027233639

ISBN 10:   9027233632
Pages:   564
Publication Date:   15 March 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction (by Martinez-Gil, Fernando); 2. Spanish complex onsets and the phonetics-phonology interface (by Bradley, Travis G.); 3. Phonological phrasing in Spanish (by Prieto, Pilar); 4. Hiatus resolution and incomplete identity (by Bakovic, Eric J.); 5. Depalatalization in Spanish revisited (by Lloret, Maria-Rosa); 6. Upstepping vowel height: A constraint-based account of metaphony in Proto-Spanish and Lena Asturian (by Martinez-Gil, Fernando); 7. The phonology of nasal consonants in five Spanish dialects (by Pineros, Carlos Eduardo); 8. Optimality-theoretic advances in our understanding of Spanish syllable structure (by Colina, Sonia); 9. Exceptional hiatuses in Spanish (by Cabre Monne, Teresa); 10. The Spanish stress window (by Roca, Iggy); 11. Morphological structure and phonological domains in Spanish denominal derivation (by Bermudez-Otero, Ricardo); 12. Gender allomorphy and epenthesis in Spanish (by Bonet, Eulalia); 13. A paradigm account of Spanish number (by Saltarelli, Mario); 14. Prefix boundaries in Spanish varieties: A non-derivational OT account (by Wiltshire, Caroline R.); 15. Optimality Theory and language change in Spanish (by Holt, D. Eric); 16. Duration, voice, and dispersion in stop contrasts from Latin to Spanish (by Baker, Gary K.); 17. The interaction between faithfulness constraints and sociolinguistic variation: The acquisition of phonological variation in first language speakers (by Diaz-Campos, Manuel); 18. Sonority scales and syllable structure: Toward a formal account of phonological change (by Gutierrez-Rexach, Javier); 19. Foot, word and phrase constraints in first language acquisition of Spanish stress (by Lleo, Conxita); 20. Acquistion of syllable structure in Spanish (by Morales-Front, Alfonso); 21. Constraint conflict in the acquisition of clusters in Spanish (by Barlow, Jessica A.); 22. Subject index; 23. Index of constraints

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