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Recent research has shown that proper names morphosyntactically
differ from common nouns in many ways. However, little is known
about the morphological and syntactic/distributional differences
between proper names and common nouns in less known
(Non)-Indo-European languages. This volume brings together
contributions which explore morphosyntactic phenomena such as case
marking, gender assignment rules, definiteness marking, and
possessive constructions from a synchronic, diachronic, and
typological perspective. The languages surveyed include
Austronesian languages, Basque, English, German, Hebrew, and
Romance languages. The volume contributes to a better understanding
not only of the contrasts between proper names and common nouns,
but also of formal contrasts between different proper name classes
such as personal names, place names, and others.
In contrast to previous approaches to phonological typology, the
typology of syllable and word languages relates the patterns of
syllable structure, phoneme inventory, and phonological processes
to the relevance of the prosodic domains of the syllable and the
phonological word. This volume proves how useful this kind of
typology is for the understanding of language variation and change.
By providing a synchronic and diachronic account of the syllable
and the phonological word in Central Catalan (Catalan dialect
group) and Swabian (Alemannic dialect group), the author shows how
the evolution of Old Catalan and Old Alemannic can be explained in
terms of a typological drift toward an increased relevance of the
phonological word. Further, the description of Central Catalan and
Swabian allows to identify common strategies for profiling the
phonological word and thus makes an important contribution to
research on prosodic phonology.
This is the first volume concerned with the phonological typology
of syllable and word languages, based on the model of a complex,
multi-layered and hierarchically structured phonological system.
The main typological claim is that the phonetic and phonological
make-up of a language depends on the relevance of the prosodic
categories. In previous research, the syllable and the phonological
word have already proved to be typologically important. The
contributions in this volume discuss theoretical questions and
address issues such as the variable structure of the phonological
word, the interplay between phonetics and phonology as well as the
effect of a language's phonological make-up on its morphology or
lexicon. The volume provides detailed synchronic and diachronic
analyses of (Non-)Indo-European languages which will serve as a
basis for further typological research.
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