Phonotactics of Czech

BIČAN, Aleš. Phonotactics of Czech. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2013, 343 pp. Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes - Volume 81. ISBN 978-3-631-63136-2.

Basic information

Original name

Phonotactics of Czech

Authors

BIČAN, Aleš

Edition

Frankfurt am Main, 343 pp. Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes - Volume 81, 2013

Publisher

Peter Lang

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Odborná kniha

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-3-631-63136-2

Keywords in English

Axiomatic Functionalism; phonology; syllable; combinations; distribution

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Abstract

V originále

The ability to combine and arrange formal and meaningful units is an unquestionable advantage that languages have in comparison to other communication systems. If we want to know how languages work, we must understand how they make use of this combinatory potential and what its limits are. This book analyzes the occurrence and combinations of phonemes in Modern Standard Czech, which is known for exploiting the combinatory potential of formal units to a high degree. The analysis comprises more than 500 combinations of consonants as well as combinations of vowels and consonants within the so-called distributional unit – a phonotactic model superior to the syllable. It also presents a way to predict structurally possible but actually unattested combinations with this model.