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26.1 Introduction 26.1 Introduction
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26.2 Preference Laws as a Theoretical Concept 26.2 Preference Laws as a Theoretical Concept
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26.3 Preference Laws for Syllable Structure 26.3 Preference Laws for Syllable Structure
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26.3.1 Intrasyllabic Relations 26.3.1 Intrasyllabic Relations
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26.3.1.1 The Head Law 26.3.1.1 The Head Law
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26.3.1.2 The Coda Law 26.3.1.2 The Coda Law
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26.3.1.3 The Nucleus Law 26.3.1.3 The Nucleus Law
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26.3.2 Intersyllabic Relations 26.3.2 Intersyllabic Relations
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26.3.2.1 The Syllable Contact Law 26.3.2.1 The Syllable Contact Law
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26.3.2.2 The Hiatus Law 26.3.2.2 The Hiatus Law
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26.3.3 Extrasyllabic Relations 26.3.3 Extrasyllabic Relations
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26.3.3.1 Syllabification and Stress 26.3.3.1 Syllabification and Stress
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26.3.3.2 Syllable structure and stress 26.3.3.2 Syllable structure and stress
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26.3.3.3 Syllable structure and rhythm 26.3.3.3 Syllable structure and rhythm
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26.4 Developments in the Concept of Preference Laws 26.4 Developments in the Concept of Preference Laws
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26.5 Criticism of Preference Theory 26.5 Criticism of Preference Theory
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26.6 Summary 26.6 Summary
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26 Preference Laws in Phonological Change
Get accessRobert Mailhammer works in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney. His research interests focus on Historical Linguistics and Language Documentation, especially on phonology, morphology and semantics. He has published on the history of the Germanic languages, especially on the Germanic strong verbs (The Germanic Strong Verbs, 2007, Mouton de Gruyter) and the historical phonology of English, as well as on the Australian Indigenous language Amurdak (Amurdak Inyman, 2009, Iwaidja Inyman, with Robert Handelsmann).
David Restle works at the University of Munich. He has published on historical phonology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, for example Silbenschnitt - Quantität - Kopplung. Zur Geschichte, Charakterisierung und Repräsentation der Anschlußprosodie (2003, Wilhelm Fink Verlag).
Theo Vennemann gen. Nierfeld is professor emeritus at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. He worked as professor of linguistics at UCLA until 1974, then at LMU until 2005. His publications in phonology include Preference Laws for Syllable Structure (1988, Mouton de Gruyter) and articles on the history and sound structure of German and Germanic. In addition, he has written on problems of syntax and semantics as well as the linguistic prehistory of Europe (Europa Vasconica - Europa Semitica, 2003, de Gruyter; Germania Semitica, 2012, de Gruyter). Bibliography in David Restle and Dietmar Zaefferer (eds.) Festschrift Vennemann, 2002, de Gruyter, and at vennemann.userweb.mwn.de.
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Published:07 April 2015
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Abstract
This chapter considers the influential concept of preference laws as developed in Vennemann (1988). It places the preference laws in the context of modern phonological theory, and discusses the theoretical underpinnings of this concept. Finally, it is shown how preference laws can be used to identify the motivation of phonological changes.
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