Re: CHAT: (no subject)

"And Rosta" <a.rosta@...>
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Subject: Re: Stress and syllables
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* Fredrik Ekman (ekman@lysator.liu.se) [000222 14:17]:
> David Bell wrote:
>
> > While the "patterns" seem to make sense to me, I, unfortunately, have
> > no understanding of the theory behind them.  I guess I'll have to
> > study more phonology.
I assume the framework And was using sorts under Autosegmental Theory,
and any Phonology 101 class or book worth its name should at least
describe that briefly and give pointers to more... we were treated to
it already in the preliminary introduction to language and linguistics
which everyone wanting to study any variant of linguistics -and/or- any
language have to survive :)

Hmm.. And? Maybe we should work together on a brief tutorial or
something? Or maybe I can convince my phonology-prof to scribble
something down...

> I will have to sympathize with David here. While the subject matter is
> extremely interesting, I feel at a loss to grasp the underlying concepts.
> Could anyone recommend a good text (which would not require a doctorate in
> linguistics to understand) on the subject of stress and syllable
> construction from a general point of view? Preferably one available on the
> Net or that could be found in most university libraries.
I've spent quite a lot of time looking for such an online resource, no
luck yet. If you are willing to have a look at texts heavily colored by
the theoretic framework[*] they are based on, there's the Optimality
archive at http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/roa.html.

If you're hunting for introductory books, I'd recommend those by Francis
Katamba or Iggy Roca (Peter Ladefoged for the phonetic side of things,
of course). Katamba's is more general, Roca's describe the various
contemporary and competing theories better, IMHO.

[*] Well I guess using trees everywhere seem natural once you're used to
it but optimality-theory is just plain weird :) unless written by Marc
van Oostendorp (great guy tho' he's something of an Esperanto-fanatic).


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