Joseph W. Windsor

When nothing exists

The role of zero in the prosodic hierarchy

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Produktbeschreibung

Zero (Ø) has been a phonological tool for over a century used to explain linguistic phenomena where language-specific rules either under or over-apply. This tool has often been argued to be 'dangerous' since it gives 'additional power to the system' (Stanley 1967). This long-standing controversy has lead to many authors arguing against analyses of phenomena that rely on Ø. This opposition to Ø often leads those authors to relegate a given phenomenon to the lexicon rather than maintaining a phonological explanation for a given sound change. While the skepticism of those authors may be warranted, what is lacking from the field is a list of criteria by which to evaluate proposals of Ø. This study examines cases of proposed Øs in several languages to propose a list of four criteria which can be used as a general guideline for either warranting or eliminating Ø in a particular phonological analysis

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9783659307713
• ISBN-10: 3659307718
• Artikelnr.: 36916239

Autorenporträt

Joseph W. Windsor is a Ph.D. student of Linguistics at the University of Calgary. His primary interests are in prosodic phonology and the phonology-syntax interface. Most of his work centers around Celtic languages, predominately on Modern Connemara Irish, and on Aboriginal Canadian language, predominately Blackfoot.