Reassessing the Role of the Syllable in Italian Phonology: An Experimental Study of Consonant Cluster Syllabification, Definite Article Allomorphy, an [Hardcover]

List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two Consonant Cluster Syllabification -- Chapter Three Definite Article Allomorphy -- Chapter Four Segment Duration -- Chapter Five Summary and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.This book evaluates the predictions of syllable-based analyses of Italian in three domains: native speaker intuition of consonant cluster syllabification, definite article allomorphy, and segment duration, and tests the claimed convergence of multiple phenomena on the same syllable structure.US? 2007 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC