A Theory of Phonological Features
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 17 October 2019
- ISBN 9780199664979
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 234x156x11 mm
- Weight 308 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book outlines a system of phonological features that is minimally sufficient to distinguish all consonants and vowels in the languages of the world. San Duanmu focuses on a straightforward procedure to interpret empirical data and reveals a surprisingly simple feature system whereby a two-way contrast for each feature proves sufficient.
MoreLong description:
This book outlines a system of phonological features that is minimally sufficient to distinguish all consonants and vowels in the languages of the world. The extensive evidence is drawn from datasets with a combined total of about 1000 sound inventories.
The interpretation of phonetic transcriptions from different languages is a long-standing problem. In this book, San Duanmu proposes a solution that relies on the notion of contrast: X and Y are different sounds if and only if they contrast in some language. He focuses on a simple procedure to interpret empirical data: for each phonetic dimension, all inventories are searched in order to determine the maximal number of contrasts required. In addition, every unusual feature or extra degree of contrast is re-examined to confirm its validity. The resulting feature system is surprisingly simple: fewer features are needed than previously proposed, and for each feature, a two-way contrast is sufficient. Nevertheless, the proposal is reliable in that the notion of contrast is uncontroversial, the procedure is explicit, and the result is repeatable. The book also offers discussion of non-contrastive differences between languages, sound classes, and complex sounds such as affricates, consonant-glide units, consonant-liquid units, contour tones, pre-nasalized stops, clicks, ejectives, and implosives.
An important contribution to the literature in its careful study of a large number of inventories, its explicit contrast-based procedure for determining features and its contribution to understanding noncontrastive differences within and between languages.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and terms used
Introduction
Method
Vowel contrasts
Vowel height
Consonant contrasts
A feature system
Complex sounds
Concluding remarks
References
Author Index
Language Index
Subject Index
