Conditions on phonological government /

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Author / Creator:Charette, Monik
Imprint:Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Description:xi, 232 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in linguistics 58
Subject:Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology
Government (Grammar)
French language -- Phonology
French language -- Phonology.
Government (Grammar)
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1217771
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ISBN:0521392462 (hardback)
Notes:Expanded and modified version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--McGill University, 1988) which had title: Some constraints on governing relations in phonology.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-230) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. A theory of government in phonology
  • 2. The -e-muet- in French
  • 3. Earlier treatments of schwa
  • 4. An analysis of schwa in terms of government
  • 5. Licence to govern
  • 6. Word-final empty nuclei
  • 7. Compounds and phrases
  • 8. The alternation between schwa/zero and [e]
  • 9. Miscellaneous issues
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index