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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"segmental phonology"”.
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Segmental phonology of modern standard Russian.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Modern Languages. Thesis. 1965. Ph.D.
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Aspects of segmental phonology and Chinese syllable structure
… The theory of Prosodic Morphology and Phonology recognizes the prosodic units of Prosodic Word, Foot, Syllable, and Mora (McCarthy and Prince 1986, Ito 1986, Zec 1988), but not the syllable internal unit of Rime. The goal of this dissertation is to demonstrate that syllable internal …
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The phonetics of metrical prominence and its consequences on segmental phonology
… of the stressed position: the preservation of segmental contrast and the enhancement of acoustic properties of the releases in stress-adjacent consonants. The main question of this dissertation is why there are so few segmental processes that show sensitivity to stress. Why are the major …
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Segmental phonology and Black South African English speakers : communicative success with standard dialect listeners
… (1987, 1991, 1995). It is suggested that all segmental features of BSAE relate to two distinct levels: a functional (meaning) level and an aesthetic level. This study focussed on the functional level, and aimed to describe the segmental features of BSAE speech which affect meaning. Such a …
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A Reconstructed History of the Chari Languages--Comparative Bongo-Bagirmi-Sara Segmental Phonology With Evidence From Arabic Loanwords
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T21:49:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7511748.pdf: 13438779 bytes, checksum: 91337772c1259ee1985e22305a80c9fd (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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The Sound Patterns of Kachok in the Context of Bahnaric and North-Bahnaric Studies
… language itself. This dissertation describes the segmental phonology of Kachok, and then presents a new prosodic model of the sesquisyllable, a phenomenon prevalent in Southeast Asian languages.</p>
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Modular interactions in phonology
… two separate claims about the architecture of phonology: (1) The computation of stress takes place in a distinct cognitive module from segmental phonology. This module is informationally encapsulated from segmental features. (2) Phonological generalizations over underlying representations can …
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A description of the Emmi language of the Northern Territory of Australia
… languages. Chapter Two describes the segmental phonology of the language. It provides evidence for the existence of a voicing contrast between stops and the existence of two phonemic fricatives. It shows how the stress patterns of complex morphemes which have been subsumed into the …
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A description of the Emmi language of the Northern Territory of Australia
… languages. Chapter Two describes the segmental phonology of the language. It provides evidence for the existence of a voicing contrast between stops and the existence of two phonemic fricatives. It shows how the stress patterns of complex morphemes which have been subsumed into the …
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Aspects of a Karitiana grammar
… of some theoretically interesting aspects of the phonology and syntax of the Karitiana language. Karitiana is the sole surviving language of the Arikem family (Tupi Stock), spoken today by approximately 200 people living in their own demarcated reservation located 95 Km south of Porto Velho, in …
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The acquisition of Setswana phonology in children aged 2;0 – 6;5 years
… 1) describe the acquisition of four aspects of phonology in these children, namely vowels, consonants, lexical tone and phonological processes; 2) contrast Setswana phonological development in monolingual vs multilingual children; and 3) contrast typical vs atypical Setswana speech acquisition …
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A study of the Segmental and Suprasegmental Phonology of Rhondda Valleys English
… area of South East Wales. It encompasses both segmental and suprasegmental (prosodic) phonology.<br/><br/>The segmental analysis is primarily auditory although it has some supporting acoustic detail. It examines the consonant and vowel systems of Rhondda Valleys English (RVE), with phonetic …