Japanese Morphophonemics, Volume 41: Markedness and Word Structure

by Junko Ito and Armin Mester

The sound pattern of Japanese, with its characteristic pitch accent system and rich segmental alternations, has played an important role in modern phonology, from structuralist phonemics to current constraint-based theories. In Japanese Morphophonemics, Junko Ito and Armin Mester provide the first book-length treatment of central issues in Japanese phonology from the perspective of Optimality Theory.

In Optimality Theory (OT), a generative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262590239
• ISBN13: 9780262590235
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher