| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 310 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in generative grammar ; 105
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Studies in generative grammar ; 105.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preface -- 1. Substantive complexity -- 2. Formal complexity -- 3. The phonological structure of words -- Conclusion -- References -- Subject index -- Language index. |
| Summary |
This book is an attempt to demonstrate that the basic principles of phonological organization boil down to the interaction between the strength of nuclei as licensers of phonological structure and various non-rerankable scales of complexity occurring at different levels of phonological representation. The licensing relation between nuclei and the preceding onsets on the one hand, and governing relations between consonants, which are to a great extent determined by their internal melodic structure, allow us to view the phonological representation as a self-organizing system, which is able to pr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology. |
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Distinctive features (Linguistics)
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Distinctive features (Linguistics) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cyran, Eugeniusz. Complexity scales and licensing in phonology. [Berlin ; New York] : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010 9783110221497 (DLC) 2010003183 (OCoLC)502304845 |
| ISBN |
9783110221503 (electronic book) |
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3110221500 (electronic book) |
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1282716379 |
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9781282716377 |
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3110221497 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9783110221497 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9783110221497 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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