Slavic prosody
Subtitle: language change and phonological theory
By: Christina Y. Bethin.
Series: Cambridge studies in linguistics ;; 86
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Proto-Slavic language -- Phonology, Historical.; Proto-Slavic language -- Prosodic analysis.; Slavic languages -- Prosodic analysis.; Slavic languages -- Phonology, Historical.; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology.
Description: In Slavic Prosody, Professor Bethin gives a coherent account of the Slavic languages at the time of their differentiation and relates these developments to issues in phonological theory.

By demonstrating that a nonlinear representation of the syllable together with the notion of constraint interaction can account for a wide range of data, this study takes a position on the nature of phonological representation and on a model of language change. In its attention to the history of selected problems of Slavic linguistics the book also offers a detailed survey of the field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-346) and index.