Whose German? : the ach/ich alternation and related phenomena in "standard" and "colloquial"
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Whose German? : the ach/ich alternation and related phenomena in "standard" and "colloquial"
（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, ser. 4 . Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 208）
J. Benjamins, c2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-158) and indexes
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Description
The author addresses a number of issues in German and general phonology, using a specific problem in German phonology (the ach/ich alternation) as a springboard. These issues include especially the naturalness, or lack thereof, of the prescriptive standard in German, and the importance of colloquial pronunciations, as well as historical and dialect evidence, for phonological analyses of the "standard" language. Other important topics include the phonetic and phonological status of German /r/, the phonetic and phonological representation of palatals, the status of loanwords in phonological description, and, especially as regards the latter, the usefulness of Optimality Theory in capturing phonological facts.The book addresses itself to scholars from the fields of German and Germanic linguistics, as well as those concerned more generally with theoretical phonology (whether Lexical or Optimal). It may even appeal to the orthoepists and lexicographers of modern German.
Table of Contents
- 1. Acknowledgments
- 2. Chapter 1 What is Standard German
- 3. Chapter 2 The ach/ich alternation: The bare facts
- 4. Chapter 3 Survey of the literature
- 5. Chapter 4 Non-automatic [c]
- 6. Chapter 5 Consonantal environments for [c]
- 7. Chapter 6 More data from regional German
- 8. Chapter 7 A Lexical Phonological reanalysis of the ach/ich rule
- 9. Chapter 8 An analysis within Optimality Theory
- 10. Chapter 9 Concluding remarks
- 11. References
- 12. Name Index
- 13. Subject Index
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