基本説明
This book is the first detailed study of the characteristics of distinctive nasalization in sound change.
Full Description
This book is the first detailed study since the 1970sof the characteristics of distinctive nasalization in sound change.
Contents
List of Figures. List of Tables.
Note on Transcription and Abbreviations.
1. Sound Change and Language Universals, Representations and Models of Change.
2. The Data Base and Language Sampling, Methodological Issues and Background.
3. Distinctive Vowel Nasalization and Rule Ordering.
4. Universal Features of Vowel Nasalization and N-Deletion: The Effect of Vowel Length, Stress and the Foot.
5. Vowel Height, Vowel Quality and the Development of Distinctive Nasalization.
6. Contextual Ordering of Distinctive Nasalization.
7. Historical Development of Nasal Consonants and the Effect of N Place on Distinctive Nasalization.
8. N-Deletion, Its Manner and Its Motivation.
9. Results and Conclusions.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.



