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BL
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964931
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b719301
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Dresher, Bezalel E., (Bezalel Elan),1950-
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| Title & Author
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The contrastive hierarchy in phonology /\ B. Elan Dresher.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2009.
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in linguistics ;; 121
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1 online resource (xii, 280 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511640005
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: 0511641362
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: 0511642008
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: 0521889731
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: 9780511640001
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: 9780511641367
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: 9780511642005
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: 9780521889735
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0521182352
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9780521182355
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-267) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The logic of contrast -- Contrast in structuralist phonology -- The rise and fall of the contrastive hierarchy -- Generative phonology: contrast goes underground -- Contrast in optimality theory -- Evidence for the contrastive hierarchy in phonology -- Other approaches to contrast in phonology -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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"Contrast"--The opposition between distinctive sounds in a language - is one of the most central concepts in linguistics. This book presents a fascinating account of the logic and history of contrast in phonology. It provides empirical evidence from diverse phonological domains that only contrastive features are computed by the phonological component of grammar. It argues that the contrastive specifications of phonemes are governed by language-particular feature hierarchies. This approach assigns a key role to abstract cognitive structures, challenging contemporary approaches that favour phonetic explanations of phonological phenomena. Tracing the evolution of the hypothesis that contrastive features play a special role in phonology, it shows how this insight has been obscured by misunderstandings of the role of the contrastive feature hierarchy. Questioning the widely held notion that contrast should be based on minimal pairs, Elan Dresher argues that the contrastive hierarchy is indispensable to illuminating accounts of phonological patterning.
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Grammar, Comparative and general-- Phonology, Comparative.
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Grammar, Comparative and general-- Phonology, Comparative.
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Kontrastive Phonologie
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Grammar Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Syntax.
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Unterspezifikation
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415
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P217.52.D74 2009eb
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