Sound Structure In Language: Edited And Introduced By Nina Grnnum, Frans Gregersen, And Hans Basbll

Features of Sound Structure in Language: Edited and Introduced by Nina Grnnum, Frans Gregersen, and Hans Basbll

This book presents Jrgen Rischels most important work on language and sound structure It includes some of the most original and groundbreaking research of four decades The chapters focus on stress syllabification accent and vowel harmony and their interactions with other aspects of language They include exemplary descriptions of the sound systems of a wide range of languages cover both synchronic and diachronic analysis and reflect the authors lifelong interest in typology The book will interest phonologists phoneticians and language typologists throughout the world