Syllable Structure and Stress in Spanish: A Nonlinear Analysis

by James W. Harris

James Harris is widely recognized as pioneering investigator of both the Spanish language and the general principles that underlie the modern generative theories of linguistics. In this book, he outlines important new results that impose strong constraints on the theory of Spanish phonology, with consequences beyond Spanish and beyond the family of Romance languages. The first part of the book deals with problems of syllable structure, and the second...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262580608
• ISBN13: 9780262580601
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.