21.4345, Books: Language Documentation/Phonology/Typology: Hdouch

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Subject: 21.4345, Books: Language Documentation/Phonology/Typology: Hdouch

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Date: 21-Oct-2010
From: Ulrich Lueders [lincom.europa at t-online.de]
Subject: Dialectology in Optimality Theory: The Case of Amazigh: Hdouch

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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:44:58
From: Ulrich Lueders [lincom.europa at t-online.de]
Subject: Dialectology in Optimality Theory: The Case of Amazigh: Hdouch

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Title: Dialectology in Optimality Theory: The Case of Amazigh 
Series Title: Linguistics Edition 81  

Publication Year: 2010 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom.eu

Author: Youcef Hdouch

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862880249 Pages: 46 Price: Europe EURO 31.20

Abstract:

Dialectology is the study of dialects, which are varieties of a language
spoken by groups smaller than the total community of speakers of the
language.  These varieties differ along many dimensions of "language
content, structure and function" (Francis (1983:1).This variation concerns
the lexicon, pronunciation, grammar, usage, social function, artistic and
literary expression. There is no language without variation. The latter can
be either incidental or systematic. In the first case, variation affects
individual linguistic items without seriously annoying the system, whereas
in the second, language is greatly affected.

Variability of grammars is the concern of both dialectology and typology.
Therefore, the focus here is on the typologically relevant issue of what
phonological features characterize each group of dialects. The study is
based on evidence drawn from comparing two aspects of Berber dialects of
the south and of the north-namely, syllable structure and spirantisation.
>From these facts, specific requirements for an architecture of grammar
follow: a grammar must allow for variable outputs and preference
directions. How these requirements can be satisfied within an
Optimality-theoretic framework is the subject of the present paper. 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Phonology
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Tamajeq, Tayart (thz)
                     Tamajaq, Tawallammat (ttq)

Written In: English  (eng)

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