Phonology: case studies

Sources

The discussions of Turkish sound patterns in this module would not have been possible without the work of scholars specialized in Turkish phonology. We have depended heavily on this body of literature for our data, descriptions, and analyses, which in many cases are updated interpretations of earlier published discussions. This page contains a list of the resources we've drawn from, both those published in traditional venues, and those found online. It has often been necessary to present a simplified picture of the sound patterns we present here in order to adapt our discussions to the needs of our undergraduate phonology classes. For this reason as well, we encourage those interested to consult our sources, where the sound phenomena we've discussed are treated in greater depth.

Published sources

Clements, G.N & S.J. Keyser. 1983. CV Phonology: A Generative Theory of the Syllable. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press.

Clements, G.N & E. Sezer. 1982. Vowel and Consonant Disharmony in Turkish, in H. van der Hulst and N. Smith (eds.) The structure of Phonological Representations (Part II). Dordrecht, Foris publications. pp. 213 - 255.

Kornfilt, J. 1986. Stem-Penultimate Empty Cs, Compensatory Lengthening, and Vowel Epenthesis in Turkish, in L. Wetzels and E. Sezer (eds.) Studies in Compensatory Lengthening. Publications in Language Sciences 23. Dordrecht, Foris publications. pp. 79 - 96.

Sezer, E. 1986. An Autosegmental Analysis of Compensatory Lengthening in Turkish, in L. Wetzels and E. Sezer (eds.) Studies in Compensatory Lengthening. Publications in Language Sciences 23. Dordrecht, Foris publications. pp. 227 - 250.

Kaisse, Ellen. 1986. Locating Turkish devoicing. Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 5. Stanford, CA: Stanford Linguistics Association.

I. Roca and W. Johnson. 1999. A Course in Phonology. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

Online papers

Krämer, M. (no date) A Correspondence Approach to Vowel Harmony and Disharmony. Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, unpublished manuscript; http://roa.rutgers.edu/files/293-0199/roa-293-kraemer-4.pdf.

Useful websites

http://www.cromwell-intl.com/turkish/nouns.html

http://ling.ucsc.edu/Jorge/bakovic.html

http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk

http://www.cromwell-intl.com/turkish

http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk