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Simultaneous Structure in Phonology (Hardcover)
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Simultaneous Structure in Phonology (Hardcover)
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In this book, D. Robert Ladd focuses on problems with the
one-dimensional idealization of language on which much linguistic
theory is based. Strings of sequentially-ordered elements play an
important role as theoretical abstractions in both phonology and
syntax. Yet many well-known phonological phenomena (such as vowel
harmony, ablaut morphology, and pitch features) are problematic for
this one-dimensional idealization, and many attempts (such as
autosegmental phonology) have been made to allow for these
troublesome characteristics in our theories. The book deals with
diverse aspects of these problematical non-sequential phenomena.
The five main chapters cover distinctive features and autosegments,
systematic phonetics, the definition of 'prosody', aspects of vocal
paralinguistic communication and 'gradience', and duality of
patterning. Each chapter reviews a wide range of relevant
literature, generally going back to the beginnings of modern
linguistics in the early twentieth century, and all of them can
usefully be read as free-standing synthetic overviews of the issues
they discuss. The final chapter suggests that phonological
structure, sequential or otherwise, can be seen as a special case
of the segmentation of continuous action into discrete events, and
that research on this general topic within cognitive psychology is
relevant to phonological theory. Professor Ladd's unique work makes
a fundamental contribution to phonology and phonetics and to
linguistic theory more generally. His book will interest all
theoretical linguists and cognitive scientists concerned with
understanding the relation between phonological representations and
the speech signal.
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