TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Jennifer L.
TI  - Phonological Augmentation in Prominent Positions
T2  - Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
SN  - 9780203506394
PY  - 2005///
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - Language: reference & general
KW  - bicssc
KW  - linguistics
KW  - constraint
KW  - constraints
KW  - faithfulness
KW  - filter
KW  - initial
KW  - markedness
KW  - positional
KW  - stressed
KW  - syllable
KW  - syllables
N1  - Open Access
N2  - 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 strong position with a perceptually salient characteristic. Formally, positional augmentation effects are modeled by means of markedness constraints relativized to strong positions. Because positional augmentation constraints are subject to certain substantive restrictions, as seen in their connection to perceptual salience, this study has implications for the relationship between functional grounding and phonological theory
UR  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24164
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/f9584559-87ee-4202-a54e-9a3374c2c459/1005967.pdf
ER  -