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Part I The historical and theoretical setting |
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1 The Two Languages And Their Historical Relation |
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3 | (8) |
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1.1 The genetic relation: `Proto-West Nordic' |
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3 | (1) |
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1.2 West Nordic obstruents |
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4 | (2) |
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1.3 West Nordic sonorants |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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1.5 Diphthongs and semivowels |
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8 | (1) |
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8 | (3) |
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2 The Historical Development |
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11 | (24) |
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2.1 Quantity and prosodic structure |
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12 | (3) |
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2.2 Overlong (superheavy) syllables and their development |
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15 | (2) |
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2.3 The components of the quantity shift |
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17 | (3) |
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2.4 Quality changes in the Icelandic vowel system |
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20 | (3) |
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2.5 Faroese vowel developments |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (1) |
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2.7 The West Nordic consonant shift |
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26 | (2) |
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2.8 New postvocalic stops |
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28 | (3) |
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2.9 The skerping and hiatus |
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31 | (2) |
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2.10 Systemic arrangements and types of syllables |
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33 | (2) |
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3 Theoretical Preliminaries To The Synchronic Analysis |
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35 | (22) |
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3.1 Phonological levels of representation |
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35 | (4) |
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3.2 Alphabets for phonological representation |
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39 | (8) |
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3.2.1 Segments and distinctions |
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40 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Phonological primes |
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41 | (2) |
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3.2.3 Analysing diphthongization |
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43 | (4) |
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3.3 The representation of time and precedence |
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47 | (1) |
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3.4 Saturation and fission in West Nordic diphthongs |
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48 | (3) |
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3.5 The modern diphthongal systems |
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51 | (6) |
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Part II The modern sound systems |
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4 The Icelandic Vowel Colours And Diphthongs |
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57 | (11) |
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4.1 The Icelandic vowel system |
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57 | (9) |
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4.1.1 The monophthongal units |
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57 | (3) |
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4.1.2 The phonetic description of the vowel sounds |
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60 | (1) |
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4.1.3 Analysing the monophthongal colours |
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61 | (1) |
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4.1.4 The diphthongs as branching phonemic units |
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62 | (3) |
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4.1.5 Diphthongs and hiatus |
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65 | (1) |
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4.2 The vowels of non-initial syllables |
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66 | (2) |
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5 Faroese Vowels And Diphthongs |
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68 | (30) |
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68 | (6) |
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5.1.1 The inventory of vowels |
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68 | (2) |
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5.1.2 The `long' and `short' systems |
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70 | (4) |
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5.2 The phonetic and phonological analysis of the Faroese monophthongs and diphthongs |
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74 | (5) |
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5.2.1 The vowel qualities |
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74 | (2) |
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5.2.2 Analysing the Faroese diphthongs |
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76 | (3) |
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5.3 More on dialect variation and vowel systems |
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79 | (1) |
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5.4 Hiatus phenomena in Faroese |
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80 | (6) |
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5.4.1 Intervocalic glides |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (3) |
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5.4.3 One or two syllables |
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85 | (1) |
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5.5 The unstressed vowels of Faroese |
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86 | (12) |
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5.5.1 The vowel qualities |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (2) |
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5.5.3 Dialects and morphology in unstressed vowel merger |
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90 | (4) |
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5.5.4 The postlexical reduction and syncope |
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94 | (2) |
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5.5.5 Coping with the variation: a folk-linguistic anecdote from Torshavn |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (16) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (7) |
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6.2.1 Places of articulation |
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99 | (1) |
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6.2.2 On palatals and velars |
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100 | (3) |
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6.2.3 The fortis-lenis opposition |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (3) |
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109 | (2) |
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6.5 Summary: the classes of consonants and their element analysis |
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111 | (3) |
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7 Faroese Consonant Segments |
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114 | (15) |
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114 | (4) |
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7.2 The fortis and lenis plosives |
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118 | (4) |
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7.2.1 The phonological correlation |
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118 | (1) |
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7.2.2 `Hard' and `soft' dialects in Faroese |
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118 | (4) |
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122 | (2) |
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122 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Word-internal fricatives and glides |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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7.5 The element analysis of the Faroese system |
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124 | (5) |
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Part III Systemic relations and syllabic structure |
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8 Systemic Relations In Vowels |
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129 | (15) |
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8.1 Trends towards a diasystem in Icelandic |
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129 | (6) |
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8.1.1 The `new' diphthongs |
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129 | (3) |
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8.1.2 A context-free merger in the Tong' system |
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132 | (1) |
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8.1.3 The interplay of merger and diphthongization |
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133 | (1) |
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8.1.4 The Tong/open' and `short/closed' correspondence |
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134 | (1) |
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8.2 The Faroese vowel systems |
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135 | (5) |
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8.2.1 The polysystemic structure |
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135 | (3) |
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138 | (2) |
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8.3 The element analysis of reduction: limits on information in restricted environments |
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140 | (2) |
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8.4 Conclusion: systemic relations in vowel systems |
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142 | (2) |
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9 Syllable Structure And Phonotactics |
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144 | (41) |
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9.1 Syllable structure in Icelandic |
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144 | (8) |
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9.1.1 Motivating the syllable |
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144 | (1) |
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9.1.2 The subsyllabic constituents |
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145 | (3) |
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9.1.3 The Icelandic length rule |
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148 | (1) |
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9.1.4 Half length and overlength |
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149 | (2) |
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9.1.5 Emphatic stress on non-initial syllables |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (8) |
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9.2.1 The length rule in Faroese |
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152 | (3) |
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9.2.2 The template for full syllables in Faroese |
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155 | (1) |
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9.2.3 Half length and overlength in Faroese |
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156 | (1) |
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9.2.4 Full syllables and restricted syllables in the phonological hierarchy |
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157 | (3) |
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9.3 The consonantal phonotactics of Icelandic |
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160 | (13) |
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9.3.1 Initial onsets in Icelandic |
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161 | (4) |
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9.3.2 Consonants in the Icelandic coda |
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165 | (2) |
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9.3.3 Internal onsets in Icelandic |
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167 | (3) |
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9.3.4 More complicated interludes in Icelandic |
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170 | (3) |
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9.4 The consonantal phonotactics of Faroese |
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173 | (7) |
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9.4.1 Monosegmental onsets |
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173 | (2) |
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9.4.2 Initial clusters in Faroese |
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175 | (1) |
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9.4.3 Faroese coda consonants |
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176 | (2) |
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9.4.4 Internal onsets in Faroese |
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178 | (2) |
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9.5 Gemination of glides and consonants |
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180 | (2) |
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9.6 Conclusion: remarks on systemic structure and prominence |
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182 | (3) |
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10 Length And Quantity In Accentuation And Phonotactics |
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185 | (30) |
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10.1 Length and quantity in Icelandic |
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186 | (17) |
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186 | (3) |
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10.1.2 Segmental length and syllabic structure |
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189 | (2) |
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10.1.3 Length in postlexical accentuation |
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191 | (4) |
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10.1.4 Representing length and quantity |
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195 | (7) |
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Excursus: A brief comparison with Finland Swedish |
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202 | (1) |
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10.2 The length rule on lexical and phonological levels in Icelandic |
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203 | (5) |
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10.2.1 Length and syllabification |
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203 | (2) |
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10.2.2 Two versions of the rule |
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205 | (3) |
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10.3 The prosodic character of Faroese vowels |
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208 | (2) |
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10.4 Vowel shortness and the scale of prominence |
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210 | (5) |
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Part IV Segments and syllables on phonological levels |
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11 Aspiration In Syllabic And Segmental Structure |
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215 | (19) |
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11.1 Aspiration and the character of the fortis-lenis opposition |
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216 | (3) |
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11.1.1 Representing the opposition |
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216 | (1) |
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11.1.2 Phonotactic or phonetic neutralization of the fortis-lenis opposition? |
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217 | (2) |
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11.2 Preaspiration in Icelandic |
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219 | (9) |
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11.2.1 The phonetic character |
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219 | (1) |
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11.2.2 The distribution of preaspiration in Icelandic |
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220 | (2) |
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11.2.3 Phonological analysis |
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222 | (3) |
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225 | (3) |
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11.3 Preaspiration in Faroese |
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228 | (2) |
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11.4 Representing the difference |
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230 | (1) |
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11.5 Preaspiration in morphophonemics |
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231 | (3) |
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12 Allomorphy, Morphophonemics, And Phonological Levels |
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234 | (37) |
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234 | (1) |
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12.2 Lexical and postlexical relations in paradigms |
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235 | (3) |
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12.3 Vocalic patterns in Icelandic |
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238 | (9) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (4) |
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12.3.3 U-umlaut and breaking |
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243 | (3) |
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12.3.4 Morphology and phonotactics in vocalic alternation |
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246 | (1) |
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12.4 Faroese vowel morphophonemics |
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247 | (3) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (2) |
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12.5 Consonantal patterns in Icelandic morphophonemics |
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250 | (2) |
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12.6 Consonantal patterns in Faroese |
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252 | (1) |
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12.7 Vowel deletion in paradigms |
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253 | (4) |
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12.8 Intersyllabic glides and fricatives in allomorphy |
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257 | (2) |
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12.9 Morphosyntax and phonology |
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259 | (6) |
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12.9.1 Lexical and postlexical principles |
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259 | (4) |
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263 | (1) |
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12.9.3 Fossilized and non-fossilized patterns in Faroese |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (6) |
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Part V Rhythmic structure |
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13 Word Stress Patterns In Icelandic And Faroese |
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271 | (14) |
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13.1 Icelandic word stress patterns |
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271 | (4) |
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271 | (3) |
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13.1.2 Foreign patterns in recent loans |
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274 | (1) |
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13.2 Word stress patterns in Faroese |
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275 | (4) |
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275 | (3) |
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13.2.2 Loanwords in Faroese |
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278 | (1) |
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13.3 The accommodation of foreign stress patterns |
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279 | (3) |
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13.3.1 Right-strong forms in Icelandic |
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279 | (1) |
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13.3.2 The Faroese patterns |
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280 | (2) |
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13.4 Morphological considerations: Faroese pseudo-morphology? |
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282 | (3) |
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14 Phrasing And Postlexical Phonology |
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285 | (23) |
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14.1 Phonological phrasing |
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285 | (1) |
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14.2 Systematic exceptions |
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286 | (4) |
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14.2.1 Deaccenting of weak morphosyntactic categories |
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286 | (3) |
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14.2.2 Deaccenting in Icelandic definite noun phrases |
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289 | (1) |
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14.3 Pragmatically motivated exceptions |
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290 | (2) |
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14.3.1 Emphatic rephrasing |
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290 | (1) |
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14.3.2 Contrast, focus, and given information |
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291 | (1) |
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14.4 The phonological consequences of phrasing |
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292 | (8) |
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14.4.1 Cohesive laws or sandhi-rules in Icelandic |
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292 | (5) |
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297 | (3) |
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14.4.3 Rhythmic rearrangement |
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300 | (1) |
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300 | (3) |
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14.5.1 Stress and glottal onset |
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301 | (1) |
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14.5.2 Right hand signals in Icelandic |
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302 | (1) |
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14.5.3 Demarcative signals in Faroese |
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302 | (1) |
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14.6 Constituency and prominence |
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303 | (5) |
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14.6.1 Boundaries or dependencies? |
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303 | (2) |
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14.6.2 Domains, directionality, and prominence |
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305 | (3) |
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308 | (20) |
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15.1 Rhythm and constituency |
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308 | (5) |
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15.2 Icelandic intonation |
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313 | (11) |
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15.2.1 The tonal inventory |
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314 | (4) |
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15.2.2 Downstep and upstep |
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318 | (2) |
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15.2.3 Functional considerations |
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320 | (4) |
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324 | (2) |
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15.4 The absence of word tones |
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326 | (2) |
A note on phonetic data |
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328 | (1) |
References |
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Index |
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