Tones and Features : : Phonetic and Phonological Perspectives / / ed. by John A. Goldsmith, Elizabeth Hume, Leo Wetzels.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Adda-Decker, Martine,; Clements, G. N.,; Clements, G.N.,; Dogil, Grzegorz,; Goldsmith, John,; Hallé, Pierre A.,; Hume, Elizabeth,; Hyman, Larry M.,; Khatiwada, Rajesh,; Kim, Hyunsoon,; Lulich, Steven M.,; Madsack, Andreas,; Magloughlin, Lyra,; McCarthy, John J.,; Michaud, Alexis,; Mielke, Jeff,; Mpiranya, Fidèle,; Odden, David,; Park, Chae-Lim,; Patin, Cédric,; Rialland, Annie,; Ridouane, Rachid,; Rubach, Jerzy,; Somé, Penou-Achille,; Vaissière, Jacqueline,; Wetzels, W. Leo,; Wokurek, Wolfgang,
• HerausgeberIn: Goldsmith, John A.,; Hume, Elizabeth,; Wetzels, Leo,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] , 107
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (369 p.) :; Num. figs.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. The representation and nature of tone --; Do we need tone features? --; Rhythm, quantity and tone in the Kinyarwanda verb --; Do tones have features? --; Features impinging on tone --; Downstep and linguistic scaling in Dagara-Wulé --; 2. The representation and nature of phonological features --; Crossing the quantal boundaries of features: Subglottal resonances and Swabian diphthongs --; Voice assimilation in French obstruents: Categorical or gradient? --; An acoustic study of the Korean fricatives /s, sʹ/: Implications for the features [spread glottis] and [tense] --; Autosegmental spreading in Optimality Theory --; Evaluating the effectiveness of Unified Feature Theory and three other feature systems --; Language-independent bases of distinctive features --; Representation of complex segments in Bulgarian --; Proposals for a representation of sounds based on their main acoustico-perceptual properties --; The representation of vowel height and vowel height neutralization in Brazilian Portuguese (Southern Dialects) --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110246223; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110261189; 9783110261233; 9783110261226; 9783110261240
• ISSN: 0167-4331
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110246223
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by John A. Goldsmith, Elizabeth Hume, Leo Wetzels.

This volume includes papers by leading figures in phonetics and phonology on two topics central to phonological theory: tones and phonological features. Papers address a wide range of topics bearing on tones and features including their formal representation and phonetic foundation.