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Principles of English Stress

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Principles of English Stress
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Luigi Burzio
SeriesCambridge Studies in Linguistics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:388
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 153
Category/GenrePhonetics and phonology
ISBN/Barcode 9780521023801
ClassificationsDewey:421.6
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 17 November 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Luigi Burzio's Principles of English Stress challenges many of the assumptions that have underpinned the generative description of English stress and more generally 'standard' metrical theory. Central to Burzio's analysis is a novel typology of metrical constituents that includes ternary feet and excludes monosyllabic feet. The analysis is essentially nonderivational in character: principles of well-formedness check for the presence of stress and weight in the output. The principles themselves are organized into a hierarchy consisting of a hardcore-controlling foot form that in cases of conflict may override principles of metrical consistency and alignment of edges. The interplay among these competing principles accounts for the cyclic effects of the standard theory. A special role is accorded phonetically null syllables that analyse hidden metrical structure to preserve a simple foot inventory and sharply curtail the standard theory's extrametricality.

Reviews

'The ideas explored in the book are highly original, the analysis is remarkably comprehensive, the arguments are lucidly presented and will surely prompt a serious reconsideration of many central tenets of metrical stress theory. ' Michael Kenstowicz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology