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Author: Matthew Gordon Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135922268 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 430
Book Description
The book is the first systematic exploration of a series of phonological phenomena previously thought to be unified under the rubric of syllable weight. Drawing on a typological survey of 400 languages, it is shown that the traditional conception that languages are internally consistent in their weight criteria across weight-based processes is not corroborated by the cross-linguistic survey. Rather than being consistent across phenomena within individual languages, weight turns out to be sensitive to the particular processes involved such that different phenomena display different distributions in weight criteria. The book goes on to explore the motivations behind the process-specific nature of weight, showing that phonetic factors explain much of the variation in weight criteria between phenomena and also the variation in criteria between languages for a single process. The book is unlike other studies in combining an extensive typological survey with detailed phonetic analysis of many languages. The finding that the widely studied phenomenon of syllable weight is not a unified phenomenon, contrary to the established view, is a significant result for the field of theoretical phonology. The book is also an important contribution to the field of phonetically-driven phonology, since it establishes a close link between the phonology of weight and various quantitative phonetic parameters.
Author: Matthew Gordon Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135922268 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 430
Book Description
The book is the first systematic exploration of a series of phonological phenomena previously thought to be unified under the rubric of syllable weight. Drawing on a typological survey of 400 languages, it is shown that the traditional conception that languages are internally consistent in their weight criteria across weight-based processes is not corroborated by the cross-linguistic survey. Rather than being consistent across phenomena within individual languages, weight turns out to be sensitive to the particular processes involved such that different phenomena display different distributions in weight criteria. The book goes on to explore the motivations behind the process-specific nature of weight, showing that phonetic factors explain much of the variation in weight criteria between phenomena and also the variation in criteria between languages for a single process. The book is unlike other studies in combining an extensive typological survey with detailed phonetic analysis of many languages. The finding that the widely studied phenomenon of syllable weight is not a unified phenomenon, contrary to the established view, is a significant result for the field of theoretical phonology. The book is also an important contribution to the field of phonetically-driven phonology, since it establishes a close link between the phonology of weight and various quantitative phonetic parameters.
Author: Nicholas Awde Publisher: Hippocrene Books ISBN: 9780781806213 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 180
Book Description
This book is very helpful for travelers to Somalia. Included in the book are vocabulary sections, a phrasebook, pronunciation, and a brief outline of the language's grammar rules and information on local culture.
Author: R. David Zorc Publisher: ISBN: 9780931745942 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 612
Book Description
Provides English definitions and detailed grammatical information for the basic word stock of Standard Somali. An English index of words used in the dictionary definitions is also included.
Author: Maxamud Jaamac Qoorsheel Publisher: Simon Wallenburg Press ISBN: Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 464
Book Description
This is a new and fully updated edition of the dictionary, offers over 430 pages of definitions. It covers all the words you need for everyday use in Somali language; The author has also made the definitions clearer than before. This portable and affordable dictionary is perfect for general reference and student of the language. The vocabularies have been carefully compiled to embrace all words in current use, including many scientific and technical terms which have become a part of the English and Somali languages as spoken or written today. Many new words used in science, radio, automobile, aviation, etc., are included in this dictionary, thus affording the student richer vocabularies than those found in many larger volumes. Completeness, conciseness and accuracy have been the publishers basic aims throughout this volume, Conciseness has been attained by omitting only highly technical terms, rare and self-explaining derivatives, adverbs easily formed from adjectives words not in general use, and the endless array of unimportant and, in most cases, confusing synonyms, usually so common in much bulkier dictionaries.
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