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Fachbereich Sprachwissenschaft
SFB 471 "Variation und Entwicklung im Lexikon"

Funding Period 1st of January 1997 - 31st of December 2008


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Project A-23

Variation and Morphophonological Change in West Germanic

 

Project Abstract

This project focuses on synchronic and diachronic aspects of West Germanic (morpho)phonological structures with particular reference to the quantity contrast in Upper German dialects. The objective is to relate both the phonology of quantity - as reflected in morphophonological changes - and its phonetic manifestations - as reflected in phonetic cues - with the intonational system. We intend to pursue this objective with respect to

  • the historical morphophonological development from Old Alemannic (early 11th century) onwards, and
  • phonetic and intonational analyses detailing the role of F0 in the morphophonological system as a whole.


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