Phonological opposition

…He was one of the central figures of the Prague School of Linguistics, and set the direction of Prague School of Linguistics phonology with his Anleitung zu Phonologischen Beschreibungen (Guide to Phonological Description) (1935) and Catechesis of Phonology (Grundzüge der Phonologie) (1939). In 1936, he published an academic journal paper entitled An Attempt at a Theory of Phonological Opposition, and he began to search for a theory to grasp the "opposition," which became his theoretical focus in his later years. He focused on the "common characteristics" between terms that indicate phonetic differences, and these terms include "location characteristics" in addition to "participation characteristics." …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "phonological opposition" are listed below.

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…プラハ言語学派の中心人物の一人で《音韻記述への手引Anleitung zu Phonologischen Beschreibungen》(1935)，《音韻論要理Grundzüge der Phonologie》(1939)によりプラハ言語学派音韻論の方向を定めた。　1936年に学術誌に発表した論文《音韻対立のための理論の試み》の前後から〈対立〉をとらえる理論を模索し，これが晩年の理論課題となった。そこで彼は音差異を示す項の間の〈共通特性〉に着目するが，この項は“関与特性”のほかに“位置特性”をも含むのである。…

※「音韻対立」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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