Essays about: "phonotactics"

Found 4 essays containing the word phonotactics.

1. 1. Phonotactic Structures in Swedish : A Data-Driven Approach

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Felix Hultin; [2017]
   Keywords : Phonotactics; computational phonology; trie; finite automata; pattern matching; regular languages; Fonotax; beräkningsbar fonologi; trie; ändlig automat; mönstermatchning; reguljära språk;

   Abstract : Ever since Bengt Sigurd laid out the first comprehensive description of Swedish phonotactics in 1965, it has been the main point of reference within the field. This thesis attempts a new approach, by presenting a computational and statistical model of Swedish phonotactics, which can be built by any corpus of IPA phonetic script. READ MORE

3. 2. Periphery Effects in Phonological Integration : Turkish suffixation of Swedish proper nouns by advanced bilinguals

   University essay from Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Memet Aktürk; [2008]
   Keywords : loanword; phonology; morphology; lexicon; bilingualism;

   Abstract : This essay investigates how certain word-final Swedish rimes are integrated phonologically into Turkish by means of suffixation. Specific Swedish rimes have been selected for their unusual characteristics from the perspective of Turkish phonology such as vowel and consonant quantity as well as coda phonotactics. READ MORE

4. 3. Assessing the Relevance of Prosodic and Phonotactic Cues on Parsing the Speech Stream by Young Language-Learners

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för fonetik

   Author : Eeva Koponen; Eeva Klintfors; [2001]
   Keywords : language acquisition;

   Abstract : This is a study about how one-year-old Swedish-learning infants presumably use probabilistic information, such as prosody and phonotactic regularity, in segmentation of speech. The variables studied were the Swedish tonal word accents I & II and the distributional regularities of within-word and between-word consonant clusters in Swedish infant-directed speech. READ MORE

5. 4. M.A. Thesis: Theoretical implications of schwa deletion in French

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Merle Horne; [1976]
   Keywords : e-muet; Latin; historical phonology; French; schwa; vowel reduction; sound change; variable rules; phonotactics; syncope; diachronic change; stress; natural rule; Old French; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The phonological status and behaviour of schwa ('e-caduc') constitues one of the most widely investigated topics in the synchronic study of French phonology. A considerable amount of research is directed towards the attempt to account for the phonetic level alternatin of schwa with zero in certain environments. READ MORE