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This book provides an overview of the phonology of Italian. It covers the different levels of analysis from individual sounds up to the phrasal level. It focuses on the most widely dispersed features of the language reflecting its significant regional and social variation and its most prominent regionally restricted patterns.

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This book provides theoretical linguists and readers within the broader linguistic community with an analysis of the main aspects of contemporary Italian phonology... The book is a very rich sources of data; it is also an intriguing research mine for the curious reader, since the author frequently points to interesting research questions that still need to be addressed. * Maria Giavazzi, The Journal of Phonology 27:2010 *

Table of Contents
1. Introduction ; 2. Theoretical Background ; 3. A Very Brief History of Italian Phonology ; 4. Segmental Phonology ; 5. Syllable Structure ; 6. Word Stress ; 7. Prosodic Phonology ; Bibliography ; Subject Index ; Index of Names

The Phonology of Italian The Phonology of the Worlds Languages

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
      Publication Date: 4/30/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780199290796, 978-0199290796
      ISBN10: 0199290792
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book provides an overview of the phonology of Italian. It covers the different levels of analysis from individual sounds up to the phrasal level. It focuses on the most widely dispersed features of the language reflecting its significant regional and social variation and its most prominent regionally restricted patterns.

      Trade Review
      This book provides theoretical linguists and readers within the broader linguistic community with an analysis of the main aspects of contemporary Italian phonology... The book is a very rich sources of data; it is also an intriguing research mine for the curious reader, since the author frequently points to interesting research questions that still need to be addressed. * Maria Giavazzi, The Journal of Phonology 27:2010 *

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction ; 2. Theoretical Background ; 3. A Very Brief History of Italian Phonology ; 4. Segmental Phonology ; 5. Syllable Structure ; 6. Word Stress ; 7. Prosodic Phonology ; Bibliography ; Subject Index ; Index of Names

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