Reconciling Indo-European Syllabification
Reconciling Indo-European Syllabification
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Author(s): Cooper, Adam
Cooper, Adam I.
ISBN No.: 9789004236905
Pages: 384
Year: 201410
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 392.00
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In "Reconciling Indo-European Syllabification," Adam Cooper brings together two seemingly disparate phenomena associated with Indo-European syllable structure: the heterosyllabic treatment of medial consonant clusters, which tolerates CVC syllables, and the right-hand vocalization of sonorants, which ostensibly avoids them. Operating from a perspective that is simultaneously empirical, theoretical, and historical in nature, he establishes their compatibility by crafting a formal analysis that integrates them into a single picture of the reconstructed system. More generally, drawing on evidence from Vedic, Greek, and Proto-Indo-European itself, Cooper demonstrates the continued relevance of the ancient Indo-European languages to contemporary linguistic theory, and, moreover, reaffirms the value of the syllable as a unit of phonology, necessary for these languages formal representation.".


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