Harry van der Hulst Libri

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Differences in Rule Type and their Structural Basis -- The Internal Structure of Complex Segments -- The Role of Vowel Deletion and Epenthesis in the Assignment of Syllable Structure -- Phonological Representation and Action-At-A-Distance -- The Formal Interaction of Harmony and Accent: The Tone Pattern of Japanese -- Vowel and Consonant Disharmony in Turkish -- Syllabification and Syllable Changing Rules in French -- Prosodic Domains and Opaque Segments in Autosegmental Theory -- The Syllable -- Harmony Processes in Vata -- References -- Index of Names -- Language Index -- Subject Index

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Samenvatting -- PART I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Framework of Nonlinear Phonology -- Part II. Syllable Structure -- Chapter 2. The Representation of Syllable Structure -- Chapter 3. Dutch Syllable Structure -- Part III. Stress -- Chapter 4. The Representation of Stress -- Chapter 5. Dutch Stress -- References

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- An Overview of Autosegmental and Metrical Phonology -- Accent Systems -- On the Framework of Autosegmental Phonology -- On Schane's Linear Theory of English Stress and Rhythm -- Metrical Structure as the Organizing Principle of Yidiny Phonology -- The Representation of Nasality in Gokana -- From Cyclic Phonology to Lexical Phonology -- Metrical or Autosegmental -- Prosodie Templates, Morphemic Templates, and Morphemic Tiers -- Prosodie Domains of External Sandhi Rules -- References -- Index of Names -- Subject Index

This edited collection features original contributions addressing recursion in human languages, stemming from papers presented at a conference organized by Dan Everett in March 2007. Each article underwent a double-blind peer-review process and was written in 2008. The recursive nature of linguistic expressions—the ability to generate an infinite number of expressions from finite means—has long been acknowledged, yet consensus on its empirical status and mathematical formalization remains elusive. Recent claims suggest that recursion may be the only uniquely human trait of language, reigniting interest in the topic. The volume explores recursion from various perspectives, with some articles focusing on formal definitions and others examining empirical structures that indicate recursive mechanisms in grammar. While most contributions discuss syntactic phenomena, several also delve into morphology, the lexicon, and phonology. Additionally, discussions include evolutionary concepts, language disorders, and the broader cognitive implications of recursion, offering a comprehensive examination of this fundamental aspect of human language.

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert

The series is a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. General problems are studied from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Conclusions are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. Special emphasis is given to little-known languages, whose analysis may shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Affiliations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Issues in the Representation of Tonal Register / Snider, Keith / Hulst, Harry van der -- Representation of Downstep in Dschang Bamileke / Clark, Mary M. -- Register Tones and Tonal Geometry / Hyman, Larry M. -- In Defense of a Metrical Theory of Intonational Downstep / Ladd, Robert -- Spreading and Downstep: Prosodic Government in Tone Languages / Manfredi, Victor -- Dschang and Ebrie as Akan-type Total Downstep Languages / Stewart, John M. -- Tonal Register in East Asian Languages / Yip, Moira -- Index of Authors -- Index of Languages -- Index of Subjects -- Backmatter