An Introduction to Element Theory

Backley, Phillip

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“…If /t, d, s/ frequently behave like palatals (which are unanimously represented as |I| segments) and easily interact with front vowels during phonological processes, they must share some common property. Backley (2011) distinguishes palatals from coronals based on the head status of |I|: Coronals have a nonheaded |I|, while palatals have a headed |I|. This proposal is also congruent with the acoustic features from Jakobson et al 1952: The authors use [-grave] (or [acute]) to characterize high vowels, palatals, and coronals (palatals and coronals are then distinguished based on the features [compact/diffuse]).…”

Section: The Structure Of Obstruentsmentioning

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“…31 Similarly, Pöchtrager (2018) discusses the legitimacy of |A| in the element inventory and proposes to analyze it-like aspiration-as a structural configuration. More precisely, the property encapsulated by |A|-openness-could be represented with (an) empty 30 Backley (2011) analyzes phenomena such as r-linking and pharyngealization as |A| spreading, which supports the primitive status of |A|. 31 The exact notation for this prime in Particle Phonology (Schane 1984) layer(s).…”

Section: The Faroese Monophthongsmentioning

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“…The only difference between these two pairs is the quality of the coda: a fortis versus a lenis stop. 18 Regarding the melodic content of segments, classical Element frameworks make use of |H| to characterize aspirated segments (Kaye et al 1990, Harris 1994, Backley 2011, Árnason 2011. In an aspirationbased language, such as English or Faroese, the stops pair /p/ ~ /b/ would be represented as |H U ʔ h| ~ |U ʔ h|, where |H| is responsible for the aspiration, |U| for the labial/round articulation, |ʔ| for the occlusion, and |h| for continuous noise.…”

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“…The corollary is that long high vowels do not display any available space in their structure, while short high vowels do. Regarding low and mid vowels, classical elements frameworks use |A| along with |I/U| for their content (Harris 1994, Backley 2011). This makes the property corresponding to |A|-aperture-comparable to the other melodic primes, |I| and |U|.…”

Section: The Faroese Monophthongsmentioning

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Faroese Preaspiration: A Nucleus/Onset Interaction Analysis

Voeltzel

2022

J Ger Ling

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This paper focuses on Faroese preaspiration, a phenomenon observed in Western Nordic and in some Eastern Nordic dialects, where fortis stops are preceded by a glottal frication noise in specific contexts. After observing all environments where the mechanism is triggered, I provide phonological representations of the phenomena based on Government Phonology 2.0. In this model, the segmental structures contain melody but also space, which allows for intersegmental relations such as lengthening, even without adding new morphological material. As preaspiration depends on the vowel preceding the fortis stop—more precisely, on its vocalic quality and length—I propose analyzing preaspiration as a spreading of the fortis consonant toward the vowel on the left. In doing so, I provide a unified analysis of all environments in which preaspiration occurs.*

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Faroese Preaspiration: A Nucleus/Onset Interaction Analysis

Voeltzel

2022

J Ger Ling

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“…Desta forma, [ɫ] e [j] são consideradas variantes alofónicas de uma mesma categoria fonológica, /l/. A ativação de processos diferentes em função da qualidade da vogal do radical também foi assumida numa proposta recente por Silva (2020), que adota a Teoria de Elementos (Backley, 2011).…”

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Atas do I Phonoshuttle OPO-LIS : ponte aérea de fonologia

2022

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Three problems with Portuguese palatal sonorants JOAQUIM BRANDÃO DE CARVALHO Alex ou Xano(a): a importância do acento na seleção do hipocorístico LURDES FERREIRA Quando o "tigere" pede "desclopa": representações escritas de formatos silábicos complexos no 1.º ciclo de escolaridade TERESA COSTA A Escala de Robustez na descrição fonológica do português europeu contemporâneo CLARA AMORIM A alternância C'a ~ Ce nos dialetos do búlgaro: uma tentativa de descrição de diferentes realizações fonéticas através de pequenas diferenças nas hierarquias das restrições GUEORGUI HRISTOVSKY A ordem da aquisição dos plurais com lateral final do PE: uma análise à luz da Teoria da Otimidade CHAO ZHOU | MARIA JOÃO FREITAS Note that:(3) Portuguese has nasal diphthongs (cf. mãe 'mother', põe 's/he puts', tem 's/he has') and prevocalic diphthongs (cf. saia 'skirt', feio 'ugly');(4) the empty C2 in (1) is corroborated by sandhi: vim aqui 'I came here', vem aqui 'come here!' can be pronounced as vi [ɲ]aqui and, perhaps less frequently, ve[ɲ]aqui.However, two problems remain unsolved.

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The Opponent Principle in RcvP

Hülst¹

2015

The Segment in Phonetics and Phonology

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An Introduction to Element Theory

Cited by 89 publications

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Faroese Preaspiration: A Nucleus/Onset Interaction Analysis

Faroese Preaspiration: A Nucleus/Onset Interaction Analysis

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The Opponent Principle in RcvP

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