Linguists researching the sounds of languages do not just study
lists of sounds but seek to discover generalizations about sound
patterns by grouping them into categories. They study the common
properties of each category and identify what distinguishes one
category from another. Vowel patterns, for instance, are analysed
and compared across languages to identify phonological similarities
and differences. This original account of vowel patterns in
language brings a wealth of cross-linguistic material to the study
of vowel systems and offers new theoretical insights. Informed by
research in speech perception and production, it addresses the
fundamental question of how the relative prominence of word
position influences vowel processes and distributions. The book
combines a cross-linguistic focus with detailed case studies.
Descriptions and analyses are provided for vowel patterns in over
25 languages from around the world, with particular emphasis on
minor Romance languages and on the diachronic development of the
German umlaut.
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