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Consonant Harmony

Long-Distance Interactions in Phonology

Gunnar Olafur Hansson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:25th Jan '11

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This extensive survey of consonant harmony in the world's languages reveals surprising diversity in the featural dimensions involved, and uncovers new empirical generalizations and tendencies. Striking parallels with phonological speech errors suggest a connection to the psycholinguistic domain of speech planning. An Optimality Theory analysis of consonant harmony as long-distance featural agreement, rather than feature spreading, is developed in detail.

ISBN: 9780520098787

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 23mm

Weight: 771g

440 pages