Principles of English Stress - Couverture souple

Burzio, Luigi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521023807 ISBN 13 : 9780521023801

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This controversial new book offers a detailed and thorough analysis of word stress in English.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Luigi Burzio's Principles of English Stress challenges many of the assumptions that have underpinned the generative description of English stress and more generally 'standard' metrical theory. Central to Burzio's analysis is a novel typology of metrical constituents that includes ternary feet and excludes monosyllabic feet. The analysis is essentially nonderivational in character: principles of well-formedness check for the presence of stress and weight in the output. The principles themselves are organized into a hierarchy consisting of a hardcore-controlling foot form that in cases of conflict may override principles of metrical consistency and alignment of edges. The interplay among these competing principles accounts for the cyclic effects of the standard theory. A special role is accorded phonetically null syllables that analyse hidden metrical structure to preserve a simple foot inventory and sharply curtail the standard theory's extrametricality.

Revue de presse

'The ideas explored in the book are highly original, the analysis is remarkably comprehensive, the arguments are lucidly presented and will surely prompt a serious reconsideration of many central tenets of metrical stress theory. ' Michael Kenstowicz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521023807
• ISBN 13: 9780521023801
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 388
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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