Jennifer Smith shows that phonological processes specific to strong positions are distinct from those involved in classic positional neutralization effects.
Jennifer Smith shows that phonological processes specific to strong positions are distinct from those involved in classic positional neutralization ef...
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, Jennifer Smith shows that phonological processes specific to strong positions are distinct from those involved in classic positional neutralization effects because they always serve to augment the...
Phonologically prominent or "strong" positions are well known for their ability to resist positional neutralization processes such as vowel reduction ...
