Quantity and Prosodic Asymmetries in Alemannic : Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives. Dissertationsschrift (Phonology and Phonetics [PP] 5) (Reprint 2011. 2003. XI, 276 S. 31 b/w ill., 14 b/w tbl. 23 cm)

§16§§The comprehensive analysis of the segmental and metrical system of the Swiss German dialect of Thurgovian provides a significant contribution to both phonetic and phonological theory. Based on the author's original fieldwork and experimental investigations, it is the first in-depth study of this area, tracing it back also to its Old High German roots, particularly that of the dialect of Notker. Quantity alternations - notably word-initial long/short consonantal alternations - asymmetric neutralization of phonetic-phonological contrasts, stress and weight are most prominent among the theoretical issues on which Thurgovian phonology is brought to bear.§ §02§§Astrid Kraehenmann teaches at the University of Konstanz, Germany.§