Consonant Strength in Upper German Dialects
The present study examines the problem of fortis and lenis in approximately 150 dialects of southern Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, Alsace, and the German-speaking minorities in Italy, Hungary and the former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. The Upper German dialects are of particular interest from this point of view, because voice and aspiration, the features traditionally associated with strength, are generally absent. Changes related to strength such as lenition, vowel lengthening, simplification of geminates, and sandhi phenomena receive special attention. The findings are put into their appropriate context by comparison to the results of research on the status of strength in standard German and the modern Germanic languages. Although the realization of strength is language-specific and varies according to word-position, it can be equated with consonant length in standard German and Upper German dialects.
[NOWELE Supplement Series, 10] 1994. vi, 127 pp.
Publishing status: | Original publisher:Odense University Press
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Abbreviations | p. iii
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List of Maps | p. iii
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Phonetic Transcription | pp. iv–v
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Preface | p. vi
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Introduction | pp. 1–3
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Strength in Phonetics and Phonology | pp. 5–12
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Strength in Standard German | pp. 13–20
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Strength in Upper German Dialects | pp. 21–82
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Bibliographical Abbreviations | pp. 83–86
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Bibliography | pp. 87–127
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF/2ACG: Linguistics/German
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General