Auditory representations in phonology / Edward S. Flemming.
This book provides evidence for the importance of auditory properties of speech sounds in phonology.
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| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
2002.
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| Series: | Outstanding dissertations in linguistics.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; TitlePage; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Auditory Features in Phonology; 1.2. The Dispersion Theory of Contrast; 1.3. Overview of the Analyses; 1.3.1. Enhancement; 1.3.2. Assimilation; 1.3.3. Neutralization; 1.4. Organization of the Dissertation; 2. The Dispersion Theory of Contrast; 2.1. The Dispersion Theory of Contrast; 2.2. A Formal Model of Dispersion; 2.2.1. Auditory Representations; 2.2.2. Auditory Dimensions; 2.2.3. Constraints on Contrasts; 2.2.4. The Scope of Analyses.
- 2.2.5. The Status of Faithfulness Constraints2.3. Evidence for the Dispersion Theory; 2.3.1. Inventory Structure; 2.3.2. Enhancement; 2.3.3. Neutralization; 2.3.4. Contrast Preservation in English Stop Voicing; 2.4. Working with Constraints on Contrast; 2.5. The Analysis of Auditorily-Based Phenomena; 3. Ways of Maximizing Distinctiveness; 3.1. Enhancement; 3.1.1. F2: Backness and Rounding; 3.1.2. Low F2: Pharyngealization and Labialization; 3.1.3. Lowering Noise Frequency: [-anterior] and Rounding; 3.1.4. Low F3: Retroflexion and Rounding; 3.1.5. Other Cases of Enhancement.
- 3.2. Contrasts on Multiple Dimensions3.3. Constraining the Grouping of Dimensions in Contrasts; 3.4. Durational Enhancement; 4. Consonant-Vowel Assimilation; 4.1. Assimilation of Vowels to Consonants; 4.1.1. Fronting of Vowels Adjacent to Coronals; 4.1.2. Rounding of Vowels Adjacent to Labials; 4.1.3. Rounding of Vowels Adjacent to Retroflexes; 4.2. Assimilation of Consonants to Vowels; 4.2.1. Front Vowels Condition Coronalization; 4.2.2. Round Vowels Condition Labiality; 4.3. Unified Feature Theory; 5. Neutralization; 5.1. Front Glides cannot Contrast after Coronals.
- 5.2. Restrictions on the Cooccurrence of Labials and Round Vowels5.2.1. Other Examples; 5.2.2. Non-Neutralizing Dissimilation: Lahu; 5.3. Coronal-Velar Neutralization before Laterals; 5.4. Dentals and Labio-Dentals; 5.5. Simplification; 5.6. Summary; 6. Minimization of Allomorphy; 6.1. Allomorphy; 6.2. Cyclicity and Paradigm Leveling; 7. Conclusions; 7.1. The Dispersion Theory of Contrast; 7.2. Auditory Representations; 7.3. Paradigmatic Constraints; 7.4. Phonetic and Phonological Representations; References; Index.