TY - BOOK

T1 - Elements, Government and Licensing

T2 - Developments in phonology

A2 - Breit, Florian

A2 - Yoshida, Yuko

A2 - Youngberg, Connor

N1 - due to be published Aug 2023

PY - 2023/8

Y1 - 2023/8

N2 - This book brings together new theoretical and empirical developments in phonology. The book covers three principal domains of phonological representation: melody and segmental structure; tone, prosody and prosodic structure; and phonological relations, empty categories, and vowel-zero alternations. Theoretical topics covered include the formalisation of Element Theory, the hotly debated topic of structural recursion in phonology, and the empirical status of government. In addition, a wealth of new analyses and empirical evidence sheds new light on empty categories in phonology, the analysis of certain consonantal sequences, phonological and non-phonological alternation, the elemental composition of segments, and many more. Taking up long-standing empirical and theoretical issues informed by the Government Phonology and Element Theory, this book provides theoretical advances while also bringing to light new empirical evidence and analysis challenging previous generalisations. The insights offered here will be equally exciting for phonologists working on related issues inside and outside the Principles & Parameters programme, e.g. researchers working in Optimality Theory or classical rule-based phonology.

AB - This book brings together new theoretical and empirical developments in phonology. The book covers three principal domains of phonological representation: melody and segmental structure; tone, prosody and prosodic structure; and phonological relations, empty categories, and vowel-zero alternations. Theoretical topics covered include the formalisation of Element Theory, the hotly debated topic of structural recursion in phonology, and the empirical status of government. In addition, a wealth of new analyses and empirical evidence sheds new light on empty categories in phonology, the analysis of certain consonantal sequences, phonological and non-phonological alternation, the elemental composition of segments, and many more. Taking up long-standing empirical and theoretical issues informed by the Government Phonology and Element Theory, this book provides theoretical advances while also bringing to light new empirical evidence and analysis challenging previous generalisations. The insights offered here will be equally exciting for phonologists working on related issues inside and outside the Principles & Parameters programme, e.g. researchers working in Optimality Theory or classical rule-based phonology.

KW - phonology

KW - elements

KW - Government Phonology

KW - phonological representation

KW - Element Theory

M3 - Book

SN - 9781800085299

BT - Elements, Government and Licensing

PB - UCL Press

CY - London

ER -