Quantity and Prosodic Asymmetries in Alemannic: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives / Edition 1

by Astrid Kraehenmann

Overview

The comprehensive analysis of the segmental and metrical system of the Swiss German dialect of Thurgovian provides a significant contribution to both phonetic and phonological theory. Based on the author's original fieldwork and experimental investigations, it is the first in-depth study of this area, tracing it back also to its Old High German roots, particularly that of the dialect of Notker. Quantity alternations - notably word-initial long/short consonantal alternations - asymmetric neutralization of phonetic-phonological contrasts, stress and weight are most prominent among the theoretical issues on which Thurgovian phonology is brought to bear.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110176803
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	08/21/2003
Series:	Phonology and Phonetics [PP] , #5
Edition description:	Reprint 2011
Pages:	287
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Astrid Kraehenmann teaches at the University of Konstanz, Germany.