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The Phonetics and Phonology of Geminate Consonants (Oxford Studies in Phonology and Phonetics)
Haruo Kubozono
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Description for The Phonetics and Phonology of Geminate Consonants (Oxford Studies in Phonology and Phonetics)
Hardcover. This book is the first volume specifically devoted to the phonetic manifestation and phonological nature of geminate, or 'long', consonants, a feature of many of the world's languages including Arabic, Bengali, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Malayalam, Persian, Saami, Swiss German, and Turkish. Editor(s): Kubozono, Haruo. Series: Oxford Studies in Phonology and Phonetics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This book is the first volume specifically devoted to the phonetics and phonology of geminate consonants, a feature of many of the world's languages including Arabic, Bengali, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Malayalam, Persian, Saami, Swiss German, and Turkish. While the contrast between geminate and singleton consonants has been widely studied, the phonetic manifestation and phonological nature of geminate consonants, as well as their cross-linguistic similarities and differences, are not fully understood. The volume brings together original data and novel analyses of geminate consonants in a variety of languages across the world. Experts in the field present a wide ... Read more
This book is the first volume specifically devoted to the phonetics and phonology of geminate consonants, a feature of many of the world's languages including Arabic, Bengali, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Malayalam, Persian, Saami, Swiss German, and Turkish. While the contrast between geminate and singleton consonants has been widely studied, the phonetic manifestation and phonological nature of geminate consonants, as well as their cross-linguistic similarities and differences, are not fully understood. The volume brings together original data and novel analyses of geminate consonants in a variety of languages across the world. Experts in the field present a wide ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Oxford Studies in Phonology and Phonetics
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198754930
SKU
V9780198754930
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About Haruo Kubozono
Haruo Kubozono completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 1988. He taught phonetics and phonology at Nanzan University, Osaka University of Foreign Studies, and Kobe University before moving to the National Institute for Japanese Languages and Linguistics as Professor/Director in 2010. His research interests range from speech disfluencies to speech prosody and its interfaces with syntax and information ... Read more
Reviews for The Phonetics and Phonology of Geminate Consonants (Oxford Studies in Phonology and Phonetics)
The book is excellent... It is important reading for anyone who works on the phonology of geminates, but its appeal is far wider than that might suggest. Because of the thorny empirical and theoretical issues raised by length contrasts, in particular concerning the relationship between phonetic properties and abstract phonological ones, this book will be interesting to anyone concerned with ... Read more