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Compensatory Lengthening Darya Kavitskaya

Compensatory Lengthening By Darya Kavitskaya

Compensatory Lengthening by Darya Kavitskaya


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This book examines the phonological phenomenon of compensatory lengthening, wherein the loss of a consonant or vowel triggers a compensatory lengthening of another phonetic element.

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Compensatory Lengthening: Phonetics, Phonology, Diachrony by Darya Kavitskaya

First Published in 2002. This volume is part of the 'Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics' series, and focuses on phonetics, phonology and diachrony of compensatory lengthening. The term compensatory lengthening (CL) refers to a set of phonological phenomena wherein the disappearance of one element of a representation is accompanied by a corresponding lengthening of another element. This study focuses on descriptive and formal similarities and divergences between CL of vowels triggered by consonant and by vowel loss.

About Darya Kavitskaya

Darya Kavitskaya, Edited by Laurence Horn Yale University

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Conservation Approaches to Compensatory Lengthening; Chapter 3 Conditions on CVC Compensatory Lengthening; Chapter 4 Conditions on CVCV Compensatory Lengthening; Chapter 5 Notes on Synchronic Compensatory Lengthening; Chapter 6 Summary and Conclusions;

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NPB9780415941600
9780415941600
0415941601
Compensatory Lengthening: Phonetics, Phonology, Diachrony by Darya Kavitskaya
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2002-04-19
236
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