Beyond markedness in formal phonology / [edited by] Bridget D. Samuels.

"In recent years, an increasing number of linguists have re-examined the question of whether markedness has explanatory power, or whether it is a phenomenon that begs explanation itself. This volume brings together a collection of articles with a broad range of critical viewpoints on the notion of markedness in phonological theory. The contributions span a variety of phonological frameworks and relate to morphosyntax, historical linguistics, neurolinguistics, biolinguistics, and language typology. This volume will be of particular interest to phonologists of both synchronic and diachronic persuasions, and has strong implications for the architecture of grammar with respect to phonology and its interfaces with morphosyntax and phonetics"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Markedness in substance-free and substance-dependent phonology / David Odden -- Contrast is irrelevant in phonology : a simple account of Russian /v/ as /V/ / Charles Reiss -- What are grammars made of? / Juliette Blevins -- Consonant epenthesis and markedness / Bert Vaux and Bridget D. Samuels -- On silent markedness / Edoardo Cavirani and Marc van Oostendorp -- The phonetic salience of phonological head-dependent structure in a modulated-carrier model of speech / Kuniya Nasukawa -- Markedness and formalising phonological representations / Shanti Ulfsbjorninn -- Are there brain bases for phonological markedness? / Mathias Scharinger -- There is no place for markedness in biologically-informed phonology / Pedro Tiago Martins.

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