Syllabification Processes deduced from Kurdish Phonology

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Abstract / 11
Summary / 12

Chapter one
Preliminaries in Vowel Power Theory / 16
1.1. Vowel Power / 18
1.2. Consonant and Vowel halves / 20
1.3. Duplex Sound Crystals / 23
1.4. Parent Phonemes / 26
1.5. Marginal Phonemes / 29
1.6. Classification of the Phonemes / 30
1.7. Consonant and Vowel / 30
1.8. Vowel and Gliding Vowel / 32
1.9. Parent Phoneme and Marginal Phoneme / 32
1.10. Tail Pocket and Head Pocket / 33
1-11. Intermediary Bridges / 34
1.12. Conclusion and Summary / 37

Chapter two
Defective Syllables / 40
2.1. Syllable Map / 41
2.2. Syllable Classification / 42
2.3. Advanced Classification / 43
2.4. Imperfect Syllables / 46
2.5. Defective Light Syllable QVo / 48
2.6. Defective Full Syllable QVc / 51
2.7. Defective Heavy Syllable QVcc / 53
2.8. Comparison / 55
2.9. Summary and Conclusion / 55

Chapter three
Normal Syllabification Processes / 58
3.1. Syllabification Power / 61
3.2. Speech Structure / 63
3.3. Convergence and Divergence / 66
3.4. Nodes and Boundaries / 69
3.5. Pronounce-ability of the Syllables / 71
3.6. Notions of Syllabification / 72
3.7. Duplicity / 73
3.8. Linearity / 78
3.9. Uni-directionality / 79
3.10. Summary and Conclusions / 81

Chapter four
Possible Head and Tail Contacts / 83
4.1. Vowel Head to Consonant Tail / 86
4.2. Vowel Head to Gliding Vowel Tail / 88
4.3. Vowel Head to Vowel Tail / 89
4.4. Gliding Vowel Head to Consonant Tail / 90
4.5. Gliding Vowel Head to. Gliding Vowel Tail / 91
4.6. Gliding Vowel Head to Vowel Tail / 94
4.7. Consonant Head to Consonant Tail / 95
4.8. Consonant Head to Gliding Vowel Tail / 97
4.9. Consonant Head to Vowel Tail / 97
4.10. Syllabification Processes / 97
4.11. Summary and Conclusions / 100

Chapter five
Re-syllabification Processes / 103
5. 1. Re-syllabification Theory / 103
5.2. Vowel Attack Priority / 110
5.3. Re-syllabification Queue / 113
5.4. Re-syllabification Direction / 119
5.5. Accession of the Semi-consonant -y- / 123
5.6. Vowel Power Rank / 124
5.7. Semi-vowel Power / 127
5.8. Comparison / 130
5.9. Summary and Conclusion / 132

Chapter six
A summary in Vowel Power Theory / 135
6.1. Abstract / 135
6.2. Basic Structure / 136
6.3. Vowel Power / 138
6.4. Vowels and Consonants / 140
6.5. Syllable Unit / 142
6.6. Syllable Typology / 144
6.7. Syllabic Dependency / 148
6.8. Language Forms / 149
6.9. Syllabification Processes / 151
6.10. Conclusions / 152

Selected References / 154
Appendixes / 156