CV Phonology: A Generative Theory of the Syllable

by George N. Clements, Samuel Jay Keyser, G. Nick Clements

Book Overview

This work introduces a new approach to syllable representation. It proposes an additional level of phonological representation, the CV-tier; which defines functional positions within the syllable. The first three chapters provide an explanation of and support far this new approach from a typologically varied selection of languages, including English, Turkish, Finnish, French, Spanish, and Danish. The last two chapters are devoted to an in-depth application...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262030985
• ISBN13: 9780262030984
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.