Compensatory Lengthening
| Author | : Darya Kavitskaya |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2014-06-03 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781136722042 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1136722041 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (041 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Compensatory Lengthening by : Darya Kavitskaya
Download or read book Compensatory Lengthening written by Darya Kavitskaya and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. This volume is part of the 'Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics' series, and focuses on phonetics, phonology and diachrony of compensatory lengthening. The term compensatory lengthening (CL) refers to a set of phonological phenomena wherein the disappearance of one element of a representation is accompanied by a corresponding lengthening of another element. This study focuses on descriptive and formal similarities and divergences between CL of vowels triggered by consonant and by vowel loss.
