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Title |
Title of document |
Sonority in Natural Language: A Review - Challenging Sonority |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Joan Rahilly; School of English
Queen's University Belfast; United States |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Linguistics |
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Keyword(s) |
Natural language; hierarchies; sequencing; violation; markedness; Optimality Theory |
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Description |
Abstract |
This chapter offers a critical overview of the core principles in sonority theory, and considers a range of current and influential studies which draw upon sonority to explain phonological behaviour. The underlying argument is that sonority-driven accounts have tended to oversimplify accounts of phonological patterns, by dividing sequences of sounds into those which observe a sonority hierarchy and those which do not, and offering a general categorisation of markedness for the latter category. With reference to natural language, and to speech acquisition and disorder in particular, the advantages and disadvantages of a sonority-based approach will be demonstrated. It will be shown that there is a need to problematize sonority, given its inability to account in a consistent fashion for non-normal yet regular patterns in speech. The chapter concludes by suggesting an analytic framework within which sonority can be accommodated alongside more revelatory approaches. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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10-Oct-2016 |
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Type |
Status & genre |
Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/25667 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.25667 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Challenging Sonority |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
global |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |