Syllable and Word Languages

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Syllable and Word Languages is written by Javier Caro Reina and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110346990 (ISBN 10) and 9783110346992 (ISBN 13).

This is the first volume concerned with the phonological typology of syllable and word languages, based on the model of a complex, multi-layered and hierarchically structured phonological system. The main typological claim is that the phonetic and phonological make-up of a language depends on the relevance of the prosodic categories. In previous research, the syllable and the phonological word have already proved to be typologically important. The contributions in this volume discuss theoretical questions and address issues such as the variable structure of the phonological word, the interplay between phonetics and phonology as well as the effect of a language’s phonological make-up on its morphology or lexicon. The volume provides detailed synchronic and diachronic analyses of (Non-)Indo-European languages which will serve as a basis for further typological research.