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Syllable Structure and Dorsal Friction in German

  • Adrian Simpson
Published/Copyright: July 12, 2012

Abstract

Phonemic phonological accounts of the fricatives [ç], [x] and [Ӽ] in German must either introduce an arbitrary piece of morphological information into the phonology, or set up a controversial phoneme of open juncture. An alternative account is proposed which avoids both of these problems. I provide a phonological analysis which employs an explicit syllable structure and a phonetic interpretation of this structure is given in terms of the exponency statements of a Firthian prosodic phonology.


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Published Online: 2012-07-12
Published in Print: 1995-05-01

© 1995 S. Karger AG, Basel

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