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Phonetic and Functional Bases of Syllable Weight for Stress Assignment

Ahn, Mee-Jin

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Title
Phonetic and Functional Bases of Syllable Weight for Stress Assignment
Author(s)
Ahn, Mee-Jin
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Jennifer Cole
Department of Study
Linguistics
Discipline
Linguistics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Date of Ingest
2015-09-25T20:51:08Z
Keyword(s)
Language, Linguistics
Language
eng
Abstract
The phonetic and functional analysis of syllable weight accounts for the previously unexplained asymmetry between heavy CVV and CVC syllables in their distribution: CVV counts as heavy in any position of a word, while CVC counts as heavy only in languages with phonemic vowel length synchronically or historically; and CVC counts as heavy only in three positions---initial, penultimate, antepenultimate---where positional lengthening was reported (Oller 1973, Klatt 1975).
Graduation Semester
2000
Type of Resource
text
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