: John A. Goldsmith, Elizabeth Hume, Leo Wetzels
: Tones and Features Phonetic and Phonological Perspectives
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9783110246223
: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]ISSN
: 1
: CHF 160.50
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: Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
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< >This volume includes papers by leading figures in phonetics and phonology on two topics central to phonological theory: tones and phonological features. Papers address a wide range of topics bearing on tones and features including their formal representation and phonetic foundation.

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< >John A. Goldsmith, University of Chicago, USA;Elisabeth Hume, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA;Leo Wetzels, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France. 
Preface7
1. The representation and nature of tone13
Do we need tone features?15
Rhythm, quantity and tone in the Kinyarwanda verb37
Do tones have features?62
Features impinging on tone93
Downstep and linguistic scaling in Dagara-Wulé120
2. The representation and nature of phonological features147
Crossing the quantal boundaries of features: Subglottal resonances and Swabian diphthongs149
Voice assimilation in French obstruents: Categorical or gradient?161
An acoustic study of the Korean fricatives /s, s'/: implications for the features [spread glottis] and [tense]188
Autosegmental spreading in Optimality Theory207
Evaluating the effectiveness of Unified Feature Theory and three other feature systems235
Language-independent bases of distinctive features276
Representation of complex segments in Bulgarian304
Proposals for a representation of sounds based on their main acoustico-perceptual properties318
The representation of vowel features and vowel neutralization in Brazilian Portuguese (southern dialects)343
Index373