Degrees of complexity in phonological segments
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Harry van der Hulst
Abstract
In this chapter the authors discuss the representation of degrees of complexity in segmental structure. After exploring several measures of complexity in relation to the notion of markedness, five assumptions concerning phonological primes are listed. Adopting a dependency-based model using unary ‘features’, a brief introduction to this model, Radical cv Phonology (RcvP), is provided, focusing on its guiding principles and elementary units, the connection between the segment and the syllable (including a perspective on the relation between major class and syllable structure) and providing the representation of different groups of features (laryngeal, place and manner). The authors then turn their attention to so-called ‘complex segments’, proposing a formal typology in terms of the level in the structure at which complexity occurs.
Abstract
In this chapter the authors discuss the representation of degrees of complexity in segmental structure. After exploring several measures of complexity in relation to the notion of markedness, five assumptions concerning phonological primes are listed. Adopting a dependency-based model using unary ‘features’, a brief introduction to this model, Radical cv Phonology (RcvP), is provided, focusing on its guiding principles and elementary units, the connection between the segment and the syllable (including a perspective on the relation between major class and syllable structure) and providing the representation of different groups of features (laryngeal, place and manner). The authors then turn their attention to so-called ‘complex segments’, proposing a formal typology in terms of the level in the structure at which complexity occurs.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Foundations and historiography
- Investigating substance-based grammar 9
- Anderson’s case grammar and the history of localism 113
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Part II. Lexicon, meaning and syntax
- The substance of the lexicon in a Generative Lexicon 201
- Entitatives and Indo-European n-stems 225
- Just for the record 261
- Figurativeness in English grammar 311
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Part III. Phonology
- Rhotics and the derhoticization of English 339
- On grounding, internalism, modularity and grammaticalization in phonology 365
- Degrees of complexity in phonological segments 385
- Language index 431
- Subject index 433
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Foundations and historiography
- Investigating substance-based grammar 9
- Anderson’s case grammar and the history of localism 113
-
Part II. Lexicon, meaning and syntax
- The substance of the lexicon in a Generative Lexicon 201
- Entitatives and Indo-European n-stems 225
- Just for the record 261
- Figurativeness in English grammar 311
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Part III. Phonology
- Rhotics and the derhoticization of English 339
- On grounding, internalism, modularity and grammaticalization in phonology 365
- Degrees of complexity in phonological segments 385
- Language index 431
- Subject index 433
