About this title: 'Markedness' refers to the tendency of languages to show a preference for particular structures or sounds. This bias towards 'marked' elements is consistent within and across languages, and tells us a great deal about what languages can and cannot do. This pioneering study presents a groundbreaking theory of markedness in phonology. De Lacy argues that markedness is part of our linguistic competence, and is determined by three conflicting mechanisms in the brain: (a) pressure to preserve marked sounds ('preservation'), (b) pressure to turn marked sounds into unmarked sounds ('reduction'), ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780521839624ISBN:0521839629
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9.25 by 1.3 inches. (466 pages) presents a theory of 'markedness', the way in which languages demonstrate bias towards particular sounds. presents a groundbreaking new theory of markedness in phonology, the tendency of languages to show a preference for particular structures or sounds. drawing on examples from a wide range of phonological phenomena, de lacy argues that markedness is part of our linguistic competence, determined by conflicting mechanisms in the brain. ... read more
Description: New. Presents a groundbreaking new theory of markedness in phonology, the tendency of languages to show a preference for particular structures or sounds. Drawing on examples from a wide range of phonological phenomena, de Lacy argues that markedness is part of our linguistic competence, determined by conflicting mechanisms in the brain. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521839624ISBN:0521839629
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521839624ISBN:0521839629
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