Chapter Predicting universal phonological contrasts

• Main Author: Lahiri, Aditi (auth)
• Other Authors: Plank, Frans (Editor), Hyman, Larry M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2018
• Series: Phonology and Phonetics [PP] 23
• Subjects: linguistics; Phonetics, phonology; Phonological Typology; Cross-Linguistic Phonology; Unity and Diversity of Phonological Systems
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Despite earlier work by Trubetzkoy, Jakobson and Greenberg, phonological typology is often underrepresented in typology textbooks. At the same time, most phonologists do not see a difference between phonological typology and cross-linguistic (formal) phonology. The purpose of this book is to bring t...