Quantity in Historical Phonology

Name: Quantity in Historical Phonology
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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Icelandic and Related Cases

Автор: Kristján Árnason

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Cambridge University Press

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The study of syllable quantity and vowel length raises issues of considerable importance for phonolo...

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Автор

Kristján Árnason

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2008

страници

244

EAN

9780521103831

ISBN

0521103835

Enbook ID

02021667

Издател

Cambridge University Press

Теглоt

360

Размери

152 x 229 x 14

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The study of syllable quantity and vowel length raises issues of considerable importance for phonology and historical linguistics in general. Among Indo-European languages, the phonological structure of Modern Icelandic is of particular interest because of the so-called 'quantity shift', which is part of its historical background and which changed the inherited Old Icelandic structure. In this rich case-study Dr Arnason analyses the changes that led to the shift, using among other things the metrical works as evidence. He shows that in Modern Icelandic vowel length is determined by syllabic quantity, which is in turn defined by stress. Close attention is paid to related phenomena in other languages and, against this comparative background, Dr Arnason calls into question the validity and theoretical status of existing 'explanations' of linguistic change. This is then a study for those interested in Scandinavian languages but it has wider theoretical implications for all historical linguists.

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