2011/08/25 by Kristján Árnason · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Linguistics and language evolution #Icelandic #Phonotactics #Linguistics #Phonology #Syllable #Vowel #Phonological rule #Computer science #Sound change #Relation (database) #History #Philosophy
paper · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199229314.001.0001
openalex publication_date 2011/08/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Abstract The book presents a detailed comparative description of the phonological structure of Icelandic and Faroese and discusses problems in their analysis from a fairly broad theoretical perspective. The first part (Chapters 1–3) describes the historical relation between the languages and introduces some issues regarding their phonological analysis. Part II (Chapters 4–7) gives an overview of the segmental inventory of the two sound systems. Part III (Chapters 8–10) presents analyses of the syllable structure of the two languages and systemic relations between subsystems defined for different phonotactic positions. It also treats the rules for the distribution of long and short vowel nuclei. Part IV (Chapters 11–12) describes vocalic and consonantal morphophonemics, discussing the status, in inflectional paradigms and word formation, of umlaut and ablaut alternations and patterns such as those responsible for the distribution of preaspiration. Part V gives an overview of rhythmic relations in words and phrases in the two languages, ending with descriptions of intonational patterns in the two languages.