Edmund Gussmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 733569 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edmund Gussmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edmund |
| FAMILY NAME | Gussmann |
| SIGNATURE | GUSSMANN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Structure of the Syllable and the Vowel Presence
Polish consonantal clusters that have bedevilled phonologists of all sorts of theoretical persuasion are studied within the highly constrained GP theory of syllabic constituents. Existing consonant combinations result from licit constituents such as a branching onset or a coda and a branching-onset contact, but they also arise as a result of the vowel–zero alternations. These are interpreted as a consequence of a morphophonological mechanism whic…
Morphophonology of Vowel Alternations
The mid vowel [ɛ] alternates with the back vowel [ɔ] and the low [a] before a non-palatalized coronal. The alternations are morphophonological as shown by the fact that the context of the alternations is often made opaque: the alternation is found in forms contradicting the context and is not found in others which meet the conditions specified. It is argued that the best method of handling the facts is by introducing relatedness statements into a…
Sounds, Letters, and Theories
Phonological analysis traditionally depends on the adequacy of the phonetic transcriptions it employs. In the present study we supply a phonetic transcription of all forms used, in addition to conventional spelling and glosses. In this way readers not familiar with Polish should get a reasonable approximation of how the individual forms sound. Obviously transcription is, to a certain extent, a matter of convention but it avoids some of the pitfal…
The Morphophonology of Polish Palatalizations
Based on the results arrived at in the preceding chapter we argue for a full-fledged morphophonological description of alternations involving palatals and palatalized consonants on the one hand and plain segments on the other. Morphophonological regularities, in contradistinction to phonological ones, are partly conditioned by grammatical (morphological) and lexical factors. This does not mean that they are necessarily erratic or irregular. Some …
Palatalizations and the Vowel System
The chapter presents the phonology of palatals and palatalized consonants. The discussion is placed against the background of the earlier descriptions within the structuralist and the generative traditions which viewed the palatalization complex in largely divergent ways. What is common to all traditions is the mutual dependence of consonantal and vocalic units (phonemes, segments) and relations (rules). This insight is adopted here and consonant…
Abbreviations
Voice and Voice-Related Phenomena
The familiar Polish final devoicing is interpreted as the failure of the domain-final empty nucleus to license the element {L} in the preceding onset. The traditional voice assimilation domain-internally follows from a constraint which marks the last obstruent in a sequence as dominant and hence the preceding obstruents cannot differ from it in their specification for tone. The two regularities are involved in word-boundary phenomena where additi…
Some Theoretical Hurdles
The present chapter is not an introduction to or even a survey of Government Phonology; listed in the Introduction are numerous sources available in the literature which can adequately serve the purpose of introducing or surveying the model. Here we would like to single out a few issues where clarfication seems particularly signficant in view of the use that will be made of them in the following chapters. Additionally, some ideas, while well entr…
Dedication
The Phonology of Polish
This book is the most complete phonology of contemporary Polish ever published. It is topic-oriented and presents the fundamental characteristics and problems associated with each topic, among them syllable structure, vowel-zero alternations, palatalizations, and other vowel and consonant changes. Professor Gussmann re-examines assumptions about phonological contrasts and alternations, and raises and addresses central questions in morphophonology…
The irrelevance of phonetics
On accorde d'ordinaire un rôle important à la phonétique dans la description et l'explication phonologiques, en synchronie comme en diachronie. Le présent article met en doute la pertinence de ces facteurs. La palatalisation des consonnes vélaires en polonais remonte au 16ème siècle et s'observe devant voyelle antérieure. Son résultat moderne sont des alternances entre [k, g, x] et [c, ɟ, ç], alternances qui produisent également une distribution …
Phonology
Clear and concise, this textbook is an introduction to phonology for students which assumes no prior knowledge of this area of linguistics and provides an overall view of the field which can be covered within one year. The book does not confine itself to any specific theoretical approach and can therefore be used for study within any framework and also to prepare students for work in more specialised frameworks such as Optimality Theory, Governme…
Consonant clusters and governing relations
Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A reconstruction and historical analysis of a proto-language and a proto-culture
Studies in British Celtic historical phonology
The Vocalism of the Germanic Parent Language. Systemic Evolution and Sociohistorical Context
The Celtic Languages
On government in phonology
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Rules and the Lexicon
Phono-Morphology
Naturalness, Morphonology, and the Icelandic Velar Palatalisation
The Icelandic palatalisation of velar plosives has been used in several recent studies as evidence in the continuing search for an adequate model of phonology. Limitations of the naturalness of the rule in the modern language have led to suggestions that it is no longer a phonological but rather a morphonological process. The present paper reviews in some detail the status of the rule against a background of other phonological and morphological r…
Explorations in Abstract Phonology
Recoverable derivations and phonological change
Phonology
Clear and concise, this textbook is an introduction to phonology for students which assumes no prior knowledge of this area of linguistics and provides an overall view of the field which can be covered within one year. The book does not confine itself to any specific theoretical approach and can therefore be used for study within any framework and also to prepare students for work in more specialised frameworks such as Optimality Theory, Governme…
The Phonology of Polish
This book is the most complete phonology of contemporary Polish ever published. It is topic-oriented and presents the fundamental characteristics and problems associated with each topic, among them syllable structure, vowel-zero alternations, palatalizations, and other vowel and consonant changes. Professor Gussmann re-examines assumptions about phonological contrasts and alternations, and raises and addresses central questions in morphophonology…
Recoverable derivations and phonological change
Recoverable derivations and phonological change
Explorations in Abstract Phonology
Naturalness, Morphonology, and the Icelandic Velar Palatalisation
The Icelandic palatalisation of velar plosives has been used in several recent studies as evidence in the continuing search for an adequate model of phonology. Limitations of the naturalness of the rule in the modern language have led to suggestions that it is no longer a phonological but rather a morphonological process. The present paper reviews in some detail the status of the rule against a background of other phonological and morphological r…
Phono-Morphology
Rules and the Lexicon
On government in phonology
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Celtic Languages
The Vocalism of the Germanic Parent Language. Systemic Evolution and Sociohistorical Context
Studies in British Celtic historical phonology
Consonant clusters and governing relations
Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A reconstruction and historical analysis of a proto-language and a proto-culture
Phonology
Clear and concise, this textbook is an introduction to phonology for students which assumes no prior knowledge of this area of linguistics and provides an overall view of the field which can be covered within one year. The book does not confine itself to any specific theoretical approach and can therefore be used for study within any framework and also to prepare students for work in more specialised frameworks such as Optimality Theory, Governme…
The irrelevance of phonetics
On accorde d'ordinaire un rôle important à la phonétique dans la description et l'explication phonologiques, en synchronie comme en diachronie. Le présent article met en doute la pertinence de ces facteurs. La palatalisation des consonnes vélaires en polonais remonte au 16ème siècle et s'observe devant voyelle antérieure. Son résultat moderne sont des alternances entre [k, g, x] et [c, ɟ, ç], alternances qui produisent également une distribution …
Structure of the Syllable and the Vowel Presence
Polish consonantal clusters that have bedevilled phonologists of all sorts of theoretical persuasion are studied within the highly constrained GP theory of syllabic constituents. Existing consonant combinations result from licit constituents such as a branching onset or a coda and a branching-onset contact, but they also arise as a result of the vowel–zero alternations. These are interpreted as a consequence of a morphophonological mechanism whic…
Morphophonology of Vowel Alternations
The mid vowel [ɛ] alternates with the back vowel [ɔ] and the low [a] before a non-palatalized coronal. The alternations are morphophonological as shown by the fact that the context of the alternations is often made opaque: the alternation is found in forms contradicting the context and is not found in others which meet the conditions specified. It is argued that the best method of handling the facts is by introducing relatedness statements into a…
Sounds, Letters, and Theories
Phonological analysis traditionally depends on the adequacy of the phonetic transcriptions it employs. In the present study we supply a phonetic transcription of all forms used, in addition to conventional spelling and glosses. In this way readers not familiar with Polish should get a reasonable approximation of how the individual forms sound. Obviously transcription is, to a certain extent, a matter of convention but it avoids some of the pitfal…
The Morphophonology of Polish Palatalizations
Based on the results arrived at in the preceding chapter we argue for a full-fledged morphophonological description of alternations involving palatals and palatalized consonants on the one hand and plain segments on the other. Morphophonological regularities, in contradistinction to phonological ones, are partly conditioned by grammatical (morphological) and lexical factors. This does not mean that they are necessarily erratic or irregular. Some …
Palatalizations and the Vowel System
The chapter presents the phonology of palatals and palatalized consonants. The discussion is placed against the background of the earlier descriptions within the structuralist and the generative traditions which viewed the palatalization complex in largely divergent ways. What is common to all traditions is the mutual dependence of consonantal and vocalic units (phonemes, segments) and relations (rules). This insight is adopted here and consonant…
Abbreviations
Voice and Voice-Related Phenomena
The familiar Polish final devoicing is interpreted as the failure of the domain-final empty nucleus to license the element {L} in the preceding onset. The traditional voice assimilation domain-internally follows from a constraint which marks the last obstruent in a sequence as dominant and hence the preceding obstruents cannot differ from it in their specification for tone. The two regularities are involved in word-boundary phenomena where additi…
Some Theoretical Hurdles
The present chapter is not an introduction to or even a survey of Government Phonology; listed in the Introduction are numerous sources available in the literature which can adequately serve the purpose of introducing or surveying the model. Here we would like to single out a few issues where clarfication seems particularly signficant in view of the use that will be made of them in the following chapters. Additionally, some ideas, while well entr…
Dedication
The Phonology of Polish
This book is the most complete phonology of contemporary Polish ever published. It is topic-oriented and presents the fundamental characteristics and problems associated with each topic, among them syllable structure, vowel-zero alternations, palatalizations, and other vowel and consonant changes. Professor Gussmann re-examines assumptions about phonological contrasts and alternations, and raises and addresses central questions in morphophonology…
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