Phonological Typology

Description

Despite earlier work by Trubetzkoy, Jakobson and Greenberg, phonological typology is often underrepresented in typology textbooks. At the same time, most phonologists do not see a difference between phonological typology and cross-linguistic (formal) phonology. The purpose of this book is to bring together leading scholars to address the issue of phonological typology, both in terms of the unity and the diversity of phonological systems. Contents Preface Contributors What is phonological typology? An implicational universal to defy: typology ⊃ ¬ phonology ≡ phonology ⊃ ¬ typology ≡ ¬ (typology ᴧ phonology) ≡ ¬ typology v ¬ phonology Formal and empirical issues in phonological typology Is phonological typology possible without (universal) categories? The computational nature of phonological generalizations Frequent segmental alternations in P-base 3 Predicting universal phonological contrasts Contrastive feature hierarchies as a new lens on typology Laryngeal contrasts in second language phonology The phonological typology of North Germanic accent Prosodic typology meets phonological representations Subject Index Language Index Author Index