In this Book
- Phonological Markedness and Distinctive Features
- 1983
- Book
- Published by: Indiana University Press
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summary
Phonological Markedness and Distinctive Features establishes a new set of parameters for use in phonological studies of language . Arthur Brakel finds the exciting well-known approaches to phonological description overly elaborate but at the same time inadequate for enumerating and analyzing the many sounds linguists know occur. In their place, he proposes a new set of nineteen articulatory primes based on a priori semiotic principles that establish a distinctive value or markedness of a particular sound quality or articulatory gesture . He bolsters his new theory by testing the primes with examples from the phonemes of twenty-three largely unrelated languages.
Table of Contents
- Half-Title Page
- pp. i-ii
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Dedication
- pp. v-vi
- Half-Title Page
- pp. xi-xii
- Appendix D. A Phonetic Key
- pp. 120-122
- Works Consulted
- pp. 123-126
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253054296
MARC Record
OCLC
1259584129
Launched on MUSE
2021-07-11
Language
English
Open Access
Yes