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Green, Antony D. "Phonology limited." Universität Potsdam, 2007. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2007/1551/.
Full textBourgeois, Thomas Charles. "Instantiative phonology." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185709.
Full textLemus, Jorge Ernesto 1961. "Phonology at two levels: A new model of lexical phonology." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289144.
Full textFéry, Caroline, Sam Hellmuth, Frank Kügler, and Jörg Mayer. "Phonology and intonation." Universität Potsdam, 2007. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/2221/.
Full textBird, Steven. "Constraint-based phonology." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23727.
Full textHowe, Darin Mathew. "Oowekyala segmental phonology." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ61111.pdf.
Full textGorecka, Alicja. "Phonology of articulation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12786.
Full textScobbie, James M. "Attribute value phonology." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20172.
Full textHind, Kevin. "Phonologising articulatory phonology." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21304.
Full textKang, Ongmi. "Korean prosodic phonology /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8428.
Full textAndrews, Christina. "Lexical phonology of Chilcotin." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28572.
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Flemming, Edward Stanton. "Auditory representations in phonology /." New York, NY [u.a.] : Routledge, 2002. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0652/2001051083-d.html.
Full textBarrios, Shannon L. "Similarity in L2 phonology." Thesis, University of Maryland, College Park, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3600018.
Full textAdult second language (L2) learners often experience difficulty producing and perceiving non-native phonological contrasts. Even highly proficient bilinguals, who have been exposed to an L2 for long periods of time, struggle with difficult contrasts, such as /r/-/l/ for Japanese learners of English. To account for the relative ease or difficulty with which L2 learners perceive and acquire non-native contrasts, theories of (L2) speech perception often appeal to notions of similarity. But how is similarity best determined?
In this dissertation I explored the predictions of two theoretical approaches to similarity comparison in the second language, and asked: [1] How should L2 sound similarity be measured? [2] What is the nature of the representations that guide sound similarity? [3] To what extent can the influence of the native language be overcome?
In Chapter 2, I tested a `legos' (featural) approach to sound similarity. Given a distinctive feature analysis of Spanish and English vowels, I investigated the hypothesis that feature availability in the L1 grammar constrains which target language segments will be accurately perceived and acquired by L2 learners (Brown [1998], Brown [2000]). Our results suggest that second language acquisition of phonology is not limited by the phonological features used by the native language grammar, nor is the presence/use of a particular phonological feature in the native language grammar sufficient to trigger redeployment. I take these findings to imply that feature availability is neither a necessary, nor a sufficient condition to predict learning outcomes.
In Chapter 3, I extended a computational model proposed by Feldman et al. [2009] to nonnative speech perception, in order to investigate whether a sophisticated `rulers' (spatial) approach to sound similarity can better explain existing interlingual identification and discrimination data from Spanish monolinguals and advanced L1 Spanish late-learners of English, respectively. The model assumes that acoustic distributions of sounds control listeners' ability to discriminate a given contrast. I found that, while the model succeeded in emulating certain aspects of human behavior, the model at present is incomplete and would have to be extended in various ways to capture several aspects of nonnative and L2 speech perception.
In Chapter 4 I explored whether the phonological relatedness among sounds in the listeners native language impacts the perceived similarity of those sounds in the target language. Listeners were expected to be more sensitive to the contrast between sound pairs which are allophones of different phonemes than to sound pairs which are allophones of the same phoneme in their native language. Moreover, I hypothesized that L2 learners would experience difficulty perceiving and acquiring target language contrasts between sound pairs which are allophones of the same phoneme in their native language. Our results suggest that phonological relatedness may influence perceived similarity on some tasks, but does not seem to cause long-lasting perceptual difficulty in advanced L2 learners.
On the basis of those findings, I argue that existing models have not been adequately explicit about the nature of the representations and processes involved in similarity-based comparisons of L1 and L2 sounds. More generally, I describe what I see as a desirable target for an explanatorily adequate theory of cross-language influence in L2 phonology.
Ngulube, Isaac Eyi. "The phonology of eleme." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493439.
Full textCole, Jennifer Sandra. "Planar phonology and morphology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14637.
Full textPoletto, Robert E. "Topics in Runyankore phonology /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487953567770606.
Full textRoberts-Kohno, Rosalind Ruth. "Kikamba phonology and morphology /." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488194825667386.
Full textPulleyblank, Douglas George. "Tone in lexical phonology /." Dordrecht : Boston ; Lancaster : Netherlands ; GB : D. Reidel, 1986. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb34931840s.
Full textCole, Jennifer S. "Planar phonology and morphology /." New York ; London : Garland, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb356091503.
Full textLeeding, Velma J. "Anindilyakwa phonology and morphology." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1558.
Full textLeeding, Velma J. "Anindilyakwa phonology and morphology." University of Sydney, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1558.
Full textAnindilyakwa is the language spoken by over 1,000 Warnindilyakwa Aborigines on Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory. In the Australian language families, it is placed in the Groote Eylandt Family (Oates 1970:15) or the Andilyaugwan Family (Wurm 1972:117). As Yallop (1982:40) reports, Anindilyakwa and Nunggubuyu "are similiar in grammar and possibly share the distinction of being the most gramatically complex Australian languages. They are diverse in basic vocabularly, however, and are therefore allocated to separate families".
Flemming, Edward. "Phonetic Detail in Phonology." Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/227274.
Full textRasin, Ezer. "Modular interactions in phonology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121841.
Full textCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162).
This thesis makes two separate claims about the architecture of phonology: (1) The computation of stress takes place in a distinct cognitive module from segmental phonology. This module is informationally encapsulated from segmental features. (2) Phonological generalizations over underlying representations can be captured in the lexicon. The claim in (1) suggests a departure from a consensus view in generative phonology since the 1950's. According to this view, multiple phonological computations, including the computation of word stress and segmental processes, are carried out in a single cognitive module known as phonology. In Chapter 1 I challenge this view in two steps. I first argue for a new phonological universal based on the stress patterns of around 400 languages: (3) STREss-ENCAPSULATION UNIVERSAL: the distribution of stress is never directly conditioned by segmental features. After reanalyzing reported counterexamples to the universal, I argue for an account of the universal in terms of a modular decomposition of phonology along the lines of (1). The claim in (2) suggests a return to the architecture of early generative phonology, in which phonological generalizations could be captured in the lexicon (using constraints on underlying representations) as well as in the mapping from underlying representations to surface forms. Most recent work in phonology has abandoned that architecture, taking the lexicon to be merely a storage place for lexical items. Chapter 2, written jointly with Roni Katzir, presents an argument for constraints on underlying representations from learnability. In Chapter 3 I develop a new theory of blocking in non-derived environments, a phenomenon that has posed a long-standing puzzle for phonological theory since the 1970's. I argue that the new theory, which relies on constraints on underlying representations, offers a better account of the phenomenon than its predecessors.
by Ezer Rasin.
Ph. D. in Linguistics
Ph.D.inLinguistics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Quinio, Julie. "La phonologie des emprunts français non anglicisés en anglais." Thesis, Paris 4, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009PA040014/document.
Full textThis study focuses on the phonology of non-anglicized French loanwords, i.e. those which do not follow all English rules and retain French characteristics. The first part describes the methodology used for the selection of the corpus, which brings about discussions on loanword terminology, and presents the database that will be used in the analysis of these loanwords. The second part is dedicated to the deletion of the anglicized variants remaining in the database, which brings about many discussions on English phonology. Finally, the last part presents the analysis of the final database, containing only non-anglicized variants. Starting with the idea that these loanwords imitate the French pronunciation, we show how French phonemes are adapted into English, and how English speakers indicate the French origin of a word
Brown, Jason Camy. "Theoretical aspects of Gitksan phonology." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7578.
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Ross, Martin John Elroy. "Japanese lexical phonology and morphology." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25516.
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Apoussidou, Diana. "The learnability of metrical phonology." Utrecht : Amsterdam : LOT ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2007. http://dare.uva.nl/document/41607.
Full textBrown, Jason Camy. "Theoretical aspects of Gitskan phonology." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7578.
Full textChew, Peter. "A computational phonology of Russian." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324285.
Full textBaggett, David McAdams. "A system for computational phonology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36535.
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by David McAdams Baggett.
M.S.
Kern, Gretchen. "Rhyming grammars and Celtic phonology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101523.
Full textCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-161).
This dissertation broadens our understanding of a typology of poetic rhyme through the analysis of three rhyming traditions that show unconventional patterns in the contents, position, and size of rhyme domains. The rhyme domain (RD) is a string of segments that stand in correspondence with another string of segments in a poetic constituent. In Early Irish poetry, strict identity of consonants in RDs is not required, but consonants instead correspond based on membership in defined classes. These classes correlate with sonority levels. Though analysis of VCC and bisyllabic rhymes, which match for sonority, but not featural identity, across the RD, I show that poetic rhyme can be sensitive to the sonority profile of a rhyme, and not just to similarity of segments. Statistical analysis of a rhyming corpus provides further evidence for this. Old Norse skaldic rhyme shows an unusual position for RDs. Rather than occurring at the end of two lines in a couplet, both RDs appear in the middle of a single line. One of these RDs will occupy the penultimate syllable of a bisyllabic word, which means that the rhyme will begin and end word-internally. This gives evidence for rhyme being based not on a syllable rime, but on the interval: a metrical constituent that spans from one vowel to the following vowel including all intervening consonants. The four types of Welsh cynghanedd I analyze present challenges in terms of the size, position, and contents of the RD. In all four types, the RDs occur with in a single line, like skaldic, but the position, size, and number of the RDs are less predictable. The RDs may span the entire line, or may contain only a single interval or consonant each. My analysis shows that all four types of cynghanedd can be analyzed as separate poetic grammars drawing on the same set of constraints in different rankings. A few constraints maintain a fixed ranking across all four cynghanedd grammars. Analysis of these three apparent outliers contributes to the development of a typology of rhyme, showing that even extreme cases draw on familiar concepts to define their RDs.
by Gretchen Kern.
Ph. D. in Linguistics
Csirmaz, Aniko. "Semantics and phonology in syntax." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33695.
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In this thesis I argue that morphology should be allowed to interpret not only the information provided by the syntactic component, but also compositional semantic properties. This conception of grammar requires morphology to interact LF and the semantic component in addition to syntax. Applying this hypothesis, I account for the alternation between partitive and non-partitive structural case in Finnish, which is affected by the semantic property of divisibility. I argue that the property of divisibility, which is relevant for case alternation, is determined within Spell-out domains, which are interpreted immediately following Spell-out. Building on these domains as affecting case marking, I derive the differences between divisibility affecting case morphology and the property of divisibility as determined in the final semantic interpretation. I also discuss the properties of negated event predicates in detail, and argue for a specific view of the semantic import of negation on aspect. I show that in spite of the apparent semantic similarities, the effects of negation on Finnish case marking cannot be assimilated to the instances of case alternation determined by divisibility.
(cont.) I extend this conclusion and discuss the nature of divisibility licensed by negation crosslinguistically in more detail. Finally, I consider further areas where the interaction between semantics and morphology or the phonological form can be detected. I argue that while some of these interactions can be treated by assuming that the latter components are sensitive to semantic properties, not all interactions can be described this way. In general, however, permitting the interaction between semantics and morphology or phonology is desirable and leads to a more economical system, where the number of non-convergent derivations is minimized.
by Aniko Csirmaz.
Ph.D.
Green, Antony Dubach [Verfasser]. "Phonology limited / Antony Dubach Green." Potsdam : Universität Potsdam, 2007. http://d-nb.info/1219991279/34.
Full textDAVIS, STUART MICHAEL. "TOPICS IN SYLLABLE GEOMETRY (PHONOLOGY)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187997.
Full textMorris, Richard E. "Stylistic variation in Spanish phonology." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1232556920.
Full textHammond, Michael. "Input Optimisation: phonology and morphology." CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623075.
Full textFarris-Trimble, Ashley. "Cumulative faithfulness effects in phonology." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3330793.
Full textTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 20, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-10, Section: A, page: 3926. Adviser: Daniel A. Dinnsen.
Kamińska, Tatiana Ewa. "Problems in Scottish English phonology /." Tübingen : M. Niemeyer, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35784831c.
Full textRastall, Paul Richard. "Empirical phonology and cartesian tables /." Lewiston (N.Y.) ; Lampeter (G.B.) : Mellen university press, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb356592883.
Full textBaker, Gary Kenneth. "Palatal phenomena in spanish phonology." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0006662.
Full textHeo, Yong. "Empty categories and Korean phonology." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1994. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29201/.
Full textRuthan, Mohammed Qasem. "English Loanword phonology in Arabic." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1361.
Full textWilliams, A. Lynn. "SCIP: Sound Contrasts in Phonology." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://www.scipapp.com/.
Full textCzaykowska-Higgins, Ewa. "Investigations into Polish morphology and phonology." Cambridge, MA : Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology : Distributed by MIT Working Papers in Linguistics, 1988. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/21980562.html.
Full textDonegan, Patricia J. "On the natural phonology of vowels." New York : Garland Pub, 1985. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/12344168.html.
Full textDrews, Aaron E. "Interdialect phonology in second dialect acquisition." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/24537.
Full textSiddaramaiah, Chandrashekar. "Lexical morphology and phonology of Kannada." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5526.
Full textPhakkahn, Naiyapak. "Phonology and Grammar Sketch of Yoy." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10638626.
Full textYoy is an endangered language of Thailand and Laos. The language belongs to the Tai-Kadai language family; however it has not yet been determined exactly which branch the language belongs to. Yoy has not been studied before and very limited resources are available regarding the classification of this language. The main objective of this thesis is to present a phonological description of Yoy by analyzing a set of 1,000 lexical items from selected speakers of the language. It also presents the grammar sketch which includes a description of word structure and syntactic structure of the language. The sketch structure of the grammar partially follows the outline of the language description from Grammar of Lao by Enfield.
Muzaffar, Towhid Bin. "Computer simulation of Shawnee historical phonology." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/mq25868.pdf.
Full textBalci, Ercan. "Turkish consonants a government phonology analysis." Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2006. http://d-nb.info/988970643/04.
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