Heinz Giegerich investigates the way in which alternations in the sound patterns of words interact with the processes of word formation in the language. Drawing examples from English and German, he uncovers and spells out in detail the principles of "lexical morphology and phonology," a theory that has in recent years become increasingly influential in linguistics. He queries many of the assumptions previously made in it to produce a formally coherent theory that offers new accounts of some central phenomena in the phonology of English.

Lexical Strata in English: Morphological Causes, Phonological Effects (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 89)

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Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Cambridge University Press

In this monograph, the first to be exclusively concerned with a model of phonological structure that is becoming increasingly influential, Heinz Giegerich pursues two major aims. First, he explores the theoretical foundations of 'metrical phonology' and in so doing suggests that the current model should be significantly simplified: auxiliary devices such as 'prosodic categories', ' metrical grids' and segmental stress features are shown to be unnecessary in this study. Secondly, he applies the model to a wide range of German and English data and in particular provides a detailed account of the stress patterns of German words - native and nonnative, morphologically simple and complex. The many similarities between German and English phonological structure are thereby strikingly illustrated. The book's clarity of exposition will enable readers not wholly familiar with metrical phonology to appreciate fully the elegance of this model in, arguably, its most basic form.

Metrical Phonology and Phonological Structure: German and English (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 43)

Literature & Fiction

This is an introduction to the phonology of present-day English. It deals principally with three varieties of English: "General American," Southern British "Received Pronunciation" and "Scottish Standard English." It offers a systematic and detailed discussion of the features shared by these major accents, and explains some major differences. Other varieties of English--Australian and New Zealand English, South African English and Hiberno-English--are also discussed briefly. Without focusing on current phonological theory and its evolution, the author demonstrates the importance of "theory," in whatever shape or form, in phonological argumentation. This textbook will be welcomed by all students of English language and linguistics.

English Phonology: An Introduction (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

Foreign Language Study & Reference

This is an introduction to the phonology of present-day English. It deals principally with three varieties of English: "General American," Southern British "Received Pronunciation" and "Scottish Standard English." It offers a systematic and detailed discussion of the features shared by these major accents, and explains some major differences. Other varieties of English--Australian and New Zealand English, South African English and Hiberno-English--are also discussed briefly. Without focusing on current phonological theory and its evolution, the author demonstrates the importance of "theory," in whatever shape or form, in phonological argumentation. This textbook will be welcomed by all students of English language and linguistics.

Business & Money

Economics

Bringing together the subjects of English compounding and Chomsky's theory of Lexicalism, Heinz Giegerich demonstrates in this new study the impossibility of drawing a line between compounds and phrases, and therefore between the lexicon and the syntax, the two grammatical modules of Lexicalism. Proposing a new model of grammatical modularity, where the lexicon and the syntax overlap 'like slates on a roof', Giegerich examines long-standing and unresolved questions about the difference between English compounds and phrases. With its detailed study of compound words in English and its comprehensive analysis of Lexicalism's theoretical framework, Lexical Structures: Compounding and the Modules of Grammar will be of profound interest for all researchers and students with an interest in English linguistics, and in morphological, syntactic or phonological theory.

Lexical Structures: Compounding and the Modules of Grammar (Edinburgh Studies in Theoretical Linguistics)

Words, Language & Grammar

Edinburgh University Press

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Lexical Strata in English: Morphological Causes, Phonological Effects (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 89)

Metrical Phonology and Phonological Structure: German and English (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 43)

English Phonology: An Introduction (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

English Phonology: An Introduction (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

Lexical Strata in English: Morphological Causes, Phonological Effects (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 89)

Lexical Structures: Compounding and the Modules of Grammar (Edinburgh Studies in Theoretical Linguistics)