Metrical Phonology and Phonological Structure: German and English: 43 (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 43)
Cambridge University Press, 6/1/2009
EAN 9780521106078, ISBN10: 0521106079
Paperback, 312 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm
Language: English
In this monograph, the first to be exclusively concerned with a model of phonological structure that is becoming increasingly influential, Heinz Giegerich pursues two major aims. First, he explores the theoretical foundations of 'metrical phonology' and in so doing suggests that the current model should be significantly simplified: auxiliary devices such as 'prosodic categories', ' metrical grids' and segmental stress features are shown to be unnecessary in this study. Secondly, he applies the model to a wide range of German and English data and in particular provides a detailed account of the stress patterns of German words - native and nonnative, morphologically simple and complex. The many similarities between German and English phonological structure are thereby strikingly illustrated. The book's clarity of exposition will enable readers not wholly familiar with metrical phonology to appreciate fully the elegance of this model in, arguably, its most basic form.
1. Introduction
2. Metrical structure and morphology, part one
the metrical structure of German words
3. Metrical structure and morphology, part two
compound stress and related issues
4. Metrical transformations, or
on the scope of the metrical component
5. Metrical phonology and phonological structure
a summary with some afterthoughts
References and citation index
Index and glossary of German words.