Aspects of dynamic phonology / Toby D. Griffen.

Dynamic phonology is the natural consequence of the combination of the latest developments in physiological and acoustic phonetics and the traditional structural/functional theories of linguistics. In phonetics, the segmental approach has long since given way to dynamic phonetics, leaving linguists...

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Main Author: Griffen, Toby D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1985.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 37.
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Table of Contents:
  • ASPECTS OF DYNAMIC PHONOLOGY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; CHAPTER 1. PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Basis in the Phonetic Opposition; 1.3 Phonetic Organization and Phonological Segmentalism; 1.4 The Myth of Distinctive Feature Analysis; 1.5 Conclusion; CHAPTER 2. DYNAMIC PHONOLOGY; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Phonetic Evidence; 2.3 Postulates of a Dynamic Phonology; 2.3.a The Laryngeal Pattern.; 2.3.b The Syllable.; 2.3.c The Obstruction; 2.3.d The Prosodies; 2.4 The Organization of Phonology
  • CHAPTER 3. ANALYSIS BY DIRECTION OF CONSTRAINT I
  • GERMAN /x/3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Preliminary: The Case Against Allophony; 3.3 German /x/: The Problem and its Background; 3.4 A Dynamic Analysis; 3.5 Conclusion; CHAPTER 4. ANALYSIS BY DIRECTION OF CONSTRAINT II
  • GERMAN /R/; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Description of German /R/; 4.3 Phonetic Analysis; 4.4 Dynamic Analysis; 4.5 Conclusion; CHAPTER 5. ANALYSIS BY PROSODIC CONSTRAINT I
  • FORTIS-LENIS CHANGE; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Preliminary; The Aspirate Cluster Prosody of Welsh; 5.3 Fortis-Lenis Change; Provection in the Fortis-Lenis Scale
  • 5.4 A Dynamic Analysis of the Fortis-Lenis Scale 5.5 Provection in Dynamic Phonology; 5.6 Conclusion: The Matter of Lenition; CHAPTER 6. ANALYSIS BY PROSODIC CONSTRAINT II
  • GERMAN AFFRICATES; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Debate over the German Affricates; 6.3 The Phonetic Basis; 6.4 The Development of the Affricates; 6.5 A Monophonematic Solution; 6.6 A Dynamic Analysis; CHAPTER 7. MORPHOPHONOLOGY I
  • THE WELSH MUTATION SYSTEM; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Welsh Mutation System; 7.3 Prosodic Constraint and the Mutation System; 7.4 A Dynamic Analysis of Welsh Mutation; 7.5 Conclusion
  • CHAPTER 8. MORPHOPHONOLOGY II
  • WELSH AFFRICATES 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Historical Background; 8.3 The Development of Welsh Affricates; 8.4 A Closer Examination; 8.5 A Dynamic Analysis; 8.6 Conclusion; CHAPTER 9. COALESCENCE OF POSITIONS
  • WELSH ECLIPSIS; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Early Welsh Eclipsis; 9.3 Segmental Description of Eclipsis; 9.4 Eclipsis in Dynamic Analysis; 9.5 Nasal Mutation and Eclipsis in Modern Welsh; 9.6 Conclusion; CHAPTER 10. CHANGE OF POSITIONS
  • SLIPS OF THE TONGUE AND METATHESIS; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Classic Slips of the Tongue; 10.3 Classic Metathesis
  • 10.4 The Case of Welsh aped 10.5 Conclusion; CHAPTER 11. VOWEL AFFECTION
  • OLD HIGH GERMAN UMLAUT; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 A Segmental Analysis; 11.3 A Semiseqmental Analysis; 11.4 A Dynamic Analysis; 11.5 Conclusion; CHAPTER 12 TOTALLY OBSTRUCTED SYLLABLES
  • CHINESE /s /; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 The Vowelless Syllable; 12.3 The Syllabic Obstruent; 12.4 Two Semisegmental Analyses; 12.5 Dynamic Analysis; 12.6 Conclusion; CHAPTER 13. POETICS
  • PROSODIC ALLITERATION IN THE WELSH CYNGHANEDD; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 The Cynghanedd; 13.3 The Segmental Problem; 13.4 A Dynamic Analysis