CV Phonology: A Generative Theory of the Syllable

George N. Clements; Samuel Jay Keyser

ISBN 10: 0262530473 / ISBN 13: 9780262530477

Published by MIT Press, 1983

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CV Phonology: A Generative Theory of the Syllable
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262530473
• ISBN 13: 9780262530477
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
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Synopsis

This work introduces a new approach to syllable representation. It proposes an additional level of phonological representation, the CV-tier; which defines functional positions within the syllable. The first three chapters provide an explanation of and support far this new approach from a typologically varied selection of languages, including English, Turkish, Finnish, French, Spanish, and Danish. The last two chapters are devoted to an in-depth application of the theory of Klamath, showing that a radical simplification of the phonological rules of that language is made possible in terms of this new framework. The book constitutes the first full-scale phonological justification for the CV-tier. George N. Clements is Associate Professor in the Linguistics Department at Cornell University and co-author, along with Morris Halle, of the recent MIT Press/ Bradford Books publication, "Problem Book in Phonology. "Samuel Jay Keyser is Head of the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT and editor of the Linguistic Inquiry Monograph Series.

About the Author

George N. Clements was Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.