Quantity and Prosodic Asymmetries in Alemannic : : Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives / / Astrid Kraehenmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014
• VerfasserIn: Kraehenmann, Astrid,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Phonology and Phonetics [PP] , 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. Theoretical background and assumptions --; Chapter 2. The synchronic sound system of Thurgovian --; Chapter 3. The Germanic legacy --; Chapter 4. Geminates: Phonetic evidence --; Chapter 5. Weight and stress patterns --; Conclusion --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110197228; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110219517; 9783110219524; 9783110219548; 9783110219470
• ISSN: 1861-4191
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110197228
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: 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.