Quantity and Prosodic Asymmetries in Alemannic: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives

By Astrid Kraehenmann

The comprehensive analysis of the segmental and metrical system of the Swiss German dialect of Thurgovian provides a significant contribution to both phonetic and phonological theory. Based on the author's original fieldwork and experimental investigations, it is the first in-depth study of this area, tracing it back also to its Old High German roots, particularly that of the dialect of Notker. Quantity alternations - notably word-initial long/short consonantal alternations - asymmetric neutralization of phonetic-phonological contrasts, stress and weight are most prominent among the theoretical issues on which Thurgovian phonology is brought to bear.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110176807
• ISBN13: 9783110176803
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary