Conditions on Phonological Government

by Monik Charette

Book Overview

This 1991 book was the first extended study written within the framework of Government Phonology. Following the presentation of the main aspects of this theory, the process of vowel-zero alternations is addressed and analysed together with the idea that phonological processes are determined by principles of Universal Grammar along with parameters that distinguish languages. By using predominantly the alternation between schwa and zero in French, Monik...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521392462
• ISBN13: 9780521392464
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"