Word and Sentence Prosody in Serbocroatian

by Ilse Lehiste and Pavle Ivic

This extensive field study and comprehensive analysis of existing scholarship provides a solid basis for interpreting the peculiar and much-debated Serbocroatian accentuation. Although addressed to Slavists in particular, the book also opens possibilities for linguists investigating the ways in which "accent" can be defined and utilized in various linguistic systems. The authors have been working together on Serbocroatian accentuation for more than...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262121115
• ISBN13: 9780262121118
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 352 Pages