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The Segment in Phonetics and Phonology

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The segment is an elusive entity. On the one hand it appears so intuitively obvious
that it might appear strange to some that it warrants the attention of an entire
volume, yet on the other hand it is not at all clear what it is, where it comes from, or
whether or not the concept is entirely chimerical and thus a hindrance in our
attempts to understand human language. This volume takes a deliberately eclectic
approach to the study of the segment. The editors believe that theoretical, empirical,
and methodological heterogeneity provides the most effective strategy to elucidate
any entity that is difficult to pin down to the satisfaction of all researchers. This is the
approach we took in Cairns and Raimy (2011a) in the investigation of the syllable,
an entity with a similarly gauzy existence; the current volume parallels that study,
mutatis mutandis.

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414.8 Rai t

Publisher

West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons., 2015

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781118555385

Classification

414.8

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e-book

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Subject(s)

english language
phonology
phonetics

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Eric Raimy

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