17.2937, Books: Phonology: Lee

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Date: 06-Oct-2006
From: Ulrich Lueders < lincom.europa at t-online.de >
Subject: Korean Phonology: Lee 

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Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:11:12
From: Ulrich Lueders < lincom.europa at t-online.de >
Subject: Korean Phonology: Lee 

Title: Korean Phonology 
Subtitle: A Principle-based Approach 
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistics 12  

Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom.at

Author: Duck-Young Lee

Paperback: ISBN: 3895862207 Pages: 250 Price: Europe EURO 69.10

Abstract:

This book presents an attempt to investigate major issues in Korean
phonology in terms of principles and elements, based on the framework of
Government Phonology. It begins with an introductory section, describing
central aspects of the framework, which include recent development in the
theory with regard to the representation of ATR and coronals. An analysis
of a wide range of data in Korean phonology is then provided. In dealing
with data involving vowels, the study first discusses vowel harmony, which
has traditionally been treated as the result of the harmonic opposition
between 'light vowels' and 'dark vowels'. It address some unsolved problems
in previous analyses by proposing a phonological operation called 'A-head
alignment'. This will be followed by an element-based analysis of vowel
coalescence and diphthongisation. 

It will be shown that a phonological operation called 'Nuclear Fusion' and
asymmetry in the spreading properties of the vocalic elements 'I' and 'U'
in Korean have a crucial role in the analysis. The second half of the book
is devoted to discussions of issues involved in consonantal clusters, such
as tensification, lenition, nasalisation and vowel epenthesis, etc. It
outlines the mechanisms as to under what conditions these phenomena take
place and how each phenomenon is connected to each other. These mechanisms
will be discussed in conjunction with the possibility that consonantal
clusters may occur in two onsets that are separated by a nuclear position
which does not contain any phonetic realisation (i.e. an empty nucleus).
The important point is that onsets surrounding an empty nucleus are in a
governing relation (i.e. interonset government) in Korean, and an
intervening empty nucleus maintains its null status during derivation if
the surrounding two onsets form the governing relation. Tensification and
neutralisation are manifestations of interonset government, while the
failure of the government results in vowel epenthesis or nasalisation. 

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology

Subject Language(s): Korean (kor)

Written In: English  (eng)

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