Preliminary Questions Concerning The Research Program -- The Object Of Analysis -- Research Procedures And Evidence -- Theoretical Basis For The Analysis -- Assumptions Concerning The Nature Of Language -- Rule-governed Creativity -- Infinite Use Of Finite Means -- The Goals Of Linguistic Research -- Analysis Of Particular Languages -- Analysis Of The Phenomenon Of Language In General -- Evaluation Of Linguistic Analyses -- Observational Adequacy -- Descriptive Adequacy -- Explanatory Adequacy -- The Organization Of A Generative Grammar -- Distinctive Feature Classification Of The Sounds Of Spanish -- Phonetic Description In A Generative Grammar -- Systematic Phonetic Representations -- Distinctive Features As The Basic Units Of Phonetic Description -- Narrow Versus Broad Phonetic Representations -- The Set Of Distinctive Features Used In This Study And Their Application To Spanish -- The Major Classes -- Features Which Define The Major Classes -- Syllabic [syl] --^ Consonantal [cns] -- Sonorant [son] -- Definition Of Spontaneous Voicing -- Application Of The Major Class Features To Spanish -- The Classification Of Vowels -- The Neutral Position -- Features Which Define Departures From The Neutral Position -- High [high] -- Low [low] -- Back [back] -- Round [rnd] -- Vowel Variants -- Lowered Mid And High Vowels -- Palatalized And Velarized Low Vowels -- Relaxed Vowels -- The Classification Of Glides -- On-glides Versus Off-glides -- Nonhigh Glides -- The Classification Of Obstruents -- Point Of Articulation -- The Vowel Features As Applied To Consonants -- Additional Features For Point Of Articulation -- Anterior [ant] -- Coronal [cor] -- Dental [den] -- Dental Versus Interdental Sounds -- The Points Of Articulation As Classified By The Features -- Manner Of Articulation -- Features Which Define Manner Of Articulation -- Occlusive [ocl] -- Instantaneous Release [ins] -- Tense [tns] -- Voiced [+ Voi] -- A Note On Stridency --^ The Classification Of Sonorant Consonants -- Additional Features Which Define Manner Of Articulation Among Sonorant Consonants -- Nasal [nas] -- Lateral [lat] -- Application Of Previously Defined Features To The Sonorant Consonants -- Elimination Of Interdentals -- Palato-alveolar Versus Palatal -- The Feature [occlusive] As Applied To Sonorant Consonants -- Matrix Of Sounds Of Spanish As Classified By Features At The Broad Phonetic Level -- Principles Of Phonological Analysis -- Central Questions Of Phonological Research -- The Phoneme -- Systematic Phonemic Representations -- The Format Of A Phonological Rule -- Abbreviatory Devices -- The Order Of Application Of Phonological Rules -- Evaluation And Comparison Of Phonemic Analyses -- The Simplicity Metric -- Application Of The Simplicity Metric To Analyses (1), (2) And (3) -- The Subcomponents Of A Generative Phonology -- A Variable Theory Of The Abstractness Of Lexical Representations -- The Systematic Phonemes Of Spanish --^ Variation -- Nasal And Lateral Assimilation -- Nasal Assimilation -- Nasal Assimilation And The Taxonomic Phonemic Level -- The Need For A Formal Equivalent Of The Term 'homorganic' -- Lateral Assimilation -- Evidence In Favor Of The Definition Of The Feature [occlusive] Presented In Section 1.2.4.2.1.1 -- Formulation Of A Combined Assimilation Rule For Nasals And Laterals -- An Extension Of The Linking Use Of Marking Conventions As A Constraint On Assimilation Of Laterals -- Lax Stops And Fricatives -- The Use Of Features Rather Than Segments As The Basic Unit Of Analysis -- The Distinctive Features Of Lax Obstruents -- Specifying The Environment Of The Rule: Formal Difficulties -- The Use Of The Alpha Notation As A Formal Equivalent For 'except' -- An Additional Use Of The [[alpha] Pa] Notation -- Additional Support For The Definition Of The Feature [occlusive] Given In Section 1.2.4.2.1.1 -- Obstruent Voicing Assimilation -- Lax Vowels -- Glides --^ The Phonemic Representation Of Glides -- The Traditional Analysis -- Bowen And Stockwell Versus Saporta -- Alarcos And Harris -- Two Phonemic Representations For Spanish Glides -- Glide Phonemes -- Harris' Argument In Favor Of Glide Phonemes -- The Representation Of Glide Phonemes In The Lexicon -- Phonetic Glides Derived From Vowel Phonemes -- Glide Formation Rules -- An Everywhere Rule -- A Variable Rule -- Spirantization Of Glides -- Word-level Phonology -- Linguistic Units And Boundaries Which Affect The Application Of Phonological Rules -- The Syllable -- The Morpheme -- The Root -- The Word -- The Problem Of Abstractness -- Factors Which Contribute To Abstractness -- Great Differences Between Phonetic Representations And Proposed Underlying Forms -- Neutralization -- The Use Of Boundaries In Phonological Rules -- The Use Of Nonphonetic Features In Phonological Rules -- Evaluation Of Abstract Analyses -- A Set Of Interrelated Word-level Phonology Rules --^ A Brief Statement Of The Rules -- Stress Assignment In Lexical Categories Other Than Verbs -- Velar Softening -- Palatalization -- Final -e Deletion -- Diphthongization -- Lenition -- Relationships Among The Rules -- The Relationship Between Synchronic And Diachronic Linguistics -- Sound Changes And Rules Of Phonology -- The Relationship Between Sound Changes And Synchronic Rules -- From The Perspective Of The Speaker -- From The Perspective Of The Linguist -- The Concept Of Independent Motivation -- Independent Motivation Of A Rule -- Independent Motivation Of An Underlying Form -- Plural Formation -- Stress Assignment -- Velar Softening -- Stress Assignment And The Phenomenon Of Partial Predictability -- Traditional Description Of Spanish Stress -- The American Structuralist Treatment Of Spanish Stress -- Generative Treatment Of Spanish Stress -- Stress Patterns In Surface Forms -- Elimination Of Final Stress In Underlying Forms --^ Elimination Of Stress Four Syllables From The End Of Underlying Forms -- Penultimate Versus Antepenultimate Stress -- Why Stress Cannot Be Marked Directly In The Lexicon -- An Abstract Feature For The Analysis Of Stress -- The Nature Of The Feature Involved In Stress Assignment -- Stress Assignment And Diphthongization -- Diphthongization -- Diphthongization And Glide Formation -- Diphthongization And Spirantization -- Velar Softening, Palatalization, And The Basic Units Of Analysis -- Feature-oriented Versus Segment-oriented Rules -- Feature-oriented Analyses Of Velar Softening And Palatalization -- Motivation For The Feature-oriented Analyses -- Segment-oriented Analyses Of Velar Softening And Palatalization -- Application Of The Feature-oriented Versus Segment-oriented Distinction To Other Word-level Phonology Rules -- The Formalism Of Segment-oriented Rules -- Everywhere Rules -- The Theory Of Markedness -- Language-particular Redundancy Rules --^ The Operation Of Everywhere Rules -- Subclassification Of Everywhere Rules -- Universal Versus Language-particular Rules -- Relative Versus Absolute -- Segment-structure Versus Sequence-structure -- The Domain Of Everywhere Rules -- A Set Of Everywhere Rules For Spanish -- Everywhere Rules Which Apply To Consonants -- Everywhere Rules Which Apply To All Nonconsonantal Segments -- Everywhere Rules Which Apply To Sonorant Consonants -- Additional Everywhere Rules Which Apply To Place And Manner Of Articulation Features -- Everywhere Rules And The Representations Of The Phonemes Of Spanish -- Inflectional Morphology -- American Structuralist Separation Of Morphology From Phonemics -- Morphology In Generative Grammar -- Inflectional Versus Derivational Morphology -- Morphological Rules Versus Phonological Rules -- Inflection Of Nouns And Adjectives -- Inflection Of Spanish Verbs -- Harris' Analyses Of Regular Verb Forms Other Than Preterite --^ The Inflectional Morphemes Of Verb Forms As Generated By The Spellout Rules -- Modifications Of The Inflectional Morphemes -- Theme Vowel Deletion -- Lowering Of I To E -- Lenition -- Past Raising -- The 'imperfect' Morpheme -- Allomorphs Of The Vosotros Ending -- The Spanish Preterite Tense -- The Phonetic Forms -- William Bull -- Stockwell, Bowen, And Martin -- James Harris -- Analysis Of Some Irregular Verb Forms -- Athematic Past Participles -- Athematic Future Tense Forms -- Athematic Preterite Forms -- Athematicity Of Decir And Hacer -- Description Of The Principal Sounds Of Spanish In Terms Of The Ipa Classification System. William W. Cressey. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 161-164.

William W. Cressey

United States, United States of America

1st edition, 1978

Obscured text on front cover due to sticker attached

Bibliography: p. 161-164.
Includes index.

xv, 169 p. : 23 cm
Bibliography: p. 161-164
Includes index

2023-06-28