12. Conclusion

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Abbreviations xi
4. Foreword xiii
5. Acknowledgements xvii
6. Preface xix
7. 1. Introduction 1
8. 2. Phonological opposition 19
9. 3. Relevant feature 77
10. 4. Neutralization 111
11. 5. Neutralization and merger 151
12. 6. Neutralization and defective distribution 157
13. 7. Neutralization and syncretism 193
14. 8. Archiphoneme 199
15. 9. Neutralization and archiphoneme 333
16. 10. The notion of ‘archiphoneme representative’ 367
17. 11. The mark, the marked phoneme and the unmarked phoneme 399
18. 12. Conclusion 429
19. Notes 435
20. References 487
21. Index of subjects 503
22. Index of names 527