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The syllable is a natural unit of organization in spoken language whose strongest cross-linguistic patterns are often explained in terms of a universal preference for the CV structure. Syllable patterns involving long sequences of consonants are both typologically rare and theoretically marginalized...
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oapen-20.500.12657-234202024-03-22T19:22:54Z Highly complex syllable structure Easterday, Shelece Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics The syllable is a natural unit of organization in spoken language whose strongest cross-linguistic patterns are often explained in terms of a universal preference for the CV structure. Syllable patterns involving long sequences of consonants are both typologically rare and theoretically marginalized, with few approaches treating these as natural or unproblematic structures. This book is an investigation of the properties of languages with highly complex syllable patterns. The two aims are (i) to establish whether these languages share other linguistic features in common such that they constitute a distinct linguistic type, and (ii) to identify possible diachronic paths and natural mechanisms by which these patterns come about in the history of a language. These issues are investigated in a diversified sample of 100 languages, 25 of which have highly complex syllable patterns. 2020-03-10 03:00:38 2020-04-01T09:14:39Z 2020-04-01T09:14:39Z 2019-11-13 book 1006730 2363-5576 9783961101948 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23420 eng Studies in Laboratory Phonology application/pdf n/a 1006730.pdf Language Science Press 10.5281/zenodo.3268721 104957 10.5281/zenodo.3268721 0bad921f-3055-43b9-a9f1-ea5b2d949173 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783961101948 Berlin 104957 Language Science Press 2018 - 2020 Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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The syllable is a natural unit of organization in spoken language whose strongest cross-linguistic patterns are often explained in terms of a universal preference for the CV structure. Syllable patterns involving long sequences of consonants are both typologically rare and theoretically marginalized, with few approaches treating these as natural or unproblematic structures. This book is an investigation of the properties of languages with highly complex syllable patterns. The two aims are (i) to establish whether these languages share other linguistic features in common such that they constitute a distinct linguistic type, and (ii) to identify possible diachronic paths and natural mechanisms by which these patterns come about in the history of a language. These issues are investigated in a diversified sample of 100 languages, 25 of which have highly complex syllable patterns. |
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