Compensatory Lengthening: Phonetics, Phonology, Diachrony

by Darya Kavitskaya, Laurence Horn (Editor)

Overview

First Published in 2002. This volume is part of the 'Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics' series, and focuses on phonetics, phonology and diachrony of compensatory lengthening. The term compensatory lengthening (CL) refers to a set of phonological phenomena wherein the disappearance of one element of a representation is accompanied by a corresponding lengthening of another element. This study focuses on descriptive and formal similarities and divergences between CL of vowels triggered by consonant and by vowel loss.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136722042
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/03/2014
Series:	Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Darya Kavitskaya, Edited by Laurence Horn Yale University

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Conservation Approaches to Compensatory Lengthening; Chapter 3 Conditions on CVC Compensatory Lengthening; Chapter 4 Conditions on CVCV Compensatory Lengthening; Chapter 5 Notes on Synchronic Compensatory Lengthening; Chapter 6 Summary and Conclusions;