When I started working on this dissertation, I did not expect that the word “structure” in the
(then preliminary) working title would take on such prime importance. Initially, my main goal …

The study of regular sound change reveals numerous types of exceptionality. The type
studied here has the profile of regular sound change, but appears to be inhibited where …

The three-way distinction of the Estonian quantity is a feature of the primary stressed
disyllabic foot. The quantity degrees are realized by different temporal patterns of the …

This paper focuses on the role of the pitch cue in the perception of Estonian quantity
degrees. The significance of the tonal component is investigated through comparison of …

Natural sound patterns are those grounded in physical properties of speech, while unnatural
sound patterns arguably have no such physical basis. This study provides a brief history of …

This book explores the role of phonological templates in early language use from the
perspective of usage-based phonology and exemplar models and within the larger …

The West Germanic language Low German as spoken in northern Germany and the north-
eastern part of the Netherlands is defined as a regional minority language in the sense of …

En los estudios sobre el acento así como sobre entonación, se recurre a menudo a la
duración vocálica como posible indicador de un pico acentual, o como fenómeno …

The typology of word prosody still remains a subject of debate, though it has been widely
discussed since Trubetzkoy (1939). Tone and stress remain the central units of classification …

Ternary length contrast is a rare phonological feature, investigated here both in terms of its
realization and possible undergoing changes. In North Sámi, a phonetically under …