- Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 394 pages).
- Summary
- "The most comprehensive work on dissimilation (the avoidance or repair of combinations of similar sounds) to date, this book proposes a novel analysis that handles dissimilation as the avoidance of surface correspondence relationships. It draws on recent work in Agreement By Correspondence to show that dissimilation is a natural outcome predicted by the same theory of Surface Correspondence. The theory is developed in more detail than ever before, and its predictions are tested and evaluated through ten in-depth analyses of diverse languages from Quechua to Kinyarwanda, together with a typological survey of over 160 dissimilation patterns drawn from over 130 languages, from Acehnese to Zulu. The book redefines the core of Surface Correspondence theory to a level of formal specificity and theoretical precision surpassing previous work. The book's findings are made more accessible by numerous examples featuring data from 47 languages from around the world"--
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in linguistics ; no. 147
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in linguistics ; no. 147.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-387) and indexes.
- Source of Description (note)
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2015).
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The surface correspondence theory -- 3. Kinyarwanda: the effects of domain edges, and the adequacy of a single SCorr relation -- 4. Sundanese: complementary assimilation and dissimilation -- 5. Quechua and Obolo: the role of syllable edges -- 6. Chol and Ponapean: complete identity effects -- 7. Zulu labial dissimilation: SCTD and the OCP -- 8. Segmental blocking effects in dissimilation -- 9. Typological survey of dissimilation -- 10. Concluding remarks.
- ISBN
- 9781139683586
- 1139683586
- 9781316319604
- 1316319601
- 9781316332986
- 1316332985
- OCLC
- 906945922
- Author
Bennett, Wm G., 1984- author.
- Title
The phonology of consonants : harmony, dissimilation and correspondence / Wm G. Bennett, Rhodes University, South Africa.
- Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
Cambridge studies in linguistics ; no. 147
Cambridge studies in linguistics ; no. 147.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-387) and indexes.
- Note
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2015).
- Connect to:
- Other Form:
Print version: Bennett, Wm G., 1984- Phonology of consonants 9781107073630 (DLC) 2014039485 (OCoLC)893317113