The Phonetics and Phonology of Contrast : : The Case of the Romanian Vowel System / / Margaret E. L. Renwick.
This book proposes that phonological contrast, in particular the robustness of a phonemic contrast, does not depend solely on the presence of minimal pairs, but is instead affected by a set of phonetic, usage-based, and systemic factors. This perspective opens phonology to a more direct interpretati...
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
|---|---|
| VerfasserIn: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Phonology and Phonetics [PP] ,
19 |
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Relative frequency of Romanian phonemes
- 3. On the origins of /ᵻ/ in Romanian
- 4. The distribution of /e̯a/ and /o̯a/ in Romanian
- 5. Distributional evidence for marginal contrast
- 6. Acoustics of Romanian monophthongs
- 7. Acoustics of Romanian diphthongs
- 8. Perception of vowels in Romanian
- 9. A multidimensional model of contrast
- References
- Index