324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
Phonologically prominent or "strong" positions are well known for their ability to resist positional neutralization processes such as vowel reduction or place assimilation. However, there are also cases of neutralization that affect only strong positions, as when stressed syllables must be heavy, default stress is inserted into roots, or word-initial onsets must be low in sonority. In this book,... Read more
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Positional Augmentation: Markedness Constraints for Prominent
Positions
Chapter 2: A Theory of Positional Augmentation Constraints
Chapter 3: Augmentation of Phonetically Strong Positions
Chapter 4: Augmentation of Psycholinguistically Strong Positions
Chapter 5: Positional Augmentation and Positional Neutralization
Chapter 6: Conclusions, Implications, and Future Directions
Bibliography
Index
Chapter 1: Positional Augmentation: Markedness Constraints for Prominent
Positions
Chapter 2: A Theory of Positional Augmentation Constraints
Chapter 3: Augmentation of Phonetically Strong Positions
Chapter 4: Augmentation of Psycholinguistically Strong Positions
Chapter 5: Positional Augmentation and Positional Neutralization
Chapter 6: Conclusions, Implications, and Future Directions
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Jennifer L. Smith teaches linguistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
