The phonology of Norwegian - Kristoffersen, Gjert (Oxford University Press, 2000)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abbreviations and Symbols; Map; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SEGMENTS: INVENTORY AND FEATURE SPECIFICATIONS; 3. PHONOTACTIC CONSTRAINTS; 4. WORD PHONOLOGY; 5. SYLLABLE STRUCTURE; 6. STRESS ASSIGNMENT IN SIMPLEX WORDS; 7. CYCLIC STRESS ASSIGNMENT; 8. CYCLIC SYLLABIFICATION; 9. TONAL ACCENTS; 10. INTONATION AND RHYTHM; 11. POSTLEXICAL SEGMENTAL PHONOLOGY; 12. ORTHOGRAPHIC CONVENTIONS; References; Index
The Norwegian language has undergone considerable change in the last 180 years, and in this book Gjert Kristoffersen considers the abundant evidence in order to provide us with an original analysis of the ways in which the sounds and meanings of competing languages may change and evolve. - ;This is a comprehensive account of the phonetic and phonological properties of Norwegian. The author considers the structure of the lexicon and the principles by which the ordering of sounds in Norwegian can be defined. He then discusses word phonology and its interaction with lexical structure; the princip