Postvelar Harmony
Author:   Kimary N. Shahin (University of British Columbia)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   225
ISBN:  

9789027247339


Pages:   344
Publication Date:   30 January 2003
Format:   Hardback
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"This work examines the formal bases of postvelar harmony and its crosslinguistic variation. It is of interest especially to phonologists concerned with segmental harmony and its explanation within Optimality Theory. Postvelar harmony in two unrelated languages, Palestinian Arabic and St'at'imcets Salish, is examined in detail. The result is the first comprehensive clarification of postvelar phonology for either language. Two harmonies are distinguished: uvularisation harmony (""emphasis spread"") and pharyngealisation (tongue-root-retraction) harmony. The distinction between these two in the Arabic and the Salish is supported by much instrumental phonetics data. The complex harmony properties are explained as the result of systematic interaction between Correspondence, Alignment and Grounded constraints. In the course of the investigation, the segmental inventories of both languages are clarified, and a careful understanding of the distinction between phonology and phonetics, and the use of phonetics in phonology, is applied."

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Author:   Kimary N. Shahin (University of British Columbia)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   225
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9789027247339


ISBN 10:   9027247331
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   30 January 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements; 2. Table of Contents; 3. 1. Introduction; 4. 2. Postvelar Harmony in Palestinian Arabic; 5. 3. Postvelar Harmony in St'at'imcets Salish; 6. 4. Conclusion; 7. References; 8. I. Abbreviations; 9. II. Palestinian Carrier Forms for Vowel Tokens; 10. III. Salish Language Classification; 11. IV. St'at'imcets Carrier Forms for Vowel Tokens; 12. V. St'at'imcets Word List; 13. Name Index; 14. Other Language/Language Family Index; 15. Subject Index

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[...] exciting new language data and fresh insights into the mechanism of postvelar harmony and the typology of assimilation in general. -- Alexei Kochetov, Simon Fraser University on Linguist List 14-425


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