A guide to Radical CV Phonology, with special reference to tongue root and tongue body harmony
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Harry van der Hulst
Abstract
In this article, I provide an outline of Radical CV Phonology (RCVP). This model covers segmental structure and syllabic structure. Key properties of this model are the use of dependency relations, and a reduction of the set of phonological elements to just two unary elements: |C| and |V|. Each of those two elements correlates with different although related phonetic interpretations (which are expressed by individual features in traditional feature systems), depending on their positions in the segmental and syllabic structure and on their status as heads or dependents. The model is supported by typological studies on phonemic contrast, as well as affinities between traditional features that are usually captured in terms of stipulative redundancy rules. This article is faithful to the 2020 version of the model in van der Hulst (2020), although some alternatives to the 2020 model are considered with regard to tongue root distinctions.
Abstract
In this article, I provide an outline of Radical CV Phonology (RCVP). This model covers segmental structure and syllabic structure. Key properties of this model are the use of dependency relations, and a reduction of the set of phonological elements to just two unary elements: |C| and |V|. Each of those two elements correlates with different although related phonetic interpretations (which are expressed by individual features in traditional feature systems), depending on their positions in the segmental and syllabic structure and on their status as heads or dependents. The model is supported by typological studies on phonemic contrast, as well as affinities between traditional features that are usually captured in terms of stipulative redundancy rules. This article is faithful to the 2020 version of the model in van der Hulst (2020), although some alternatives to the 2020 model are considered with regard to tongue root distinctions.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
- Elements and structural head-dependency 9
- Contrastive hierarchies and phonological primes 33
- Privativity and ternary phonological behavior 65
- A guide to Radical CV Phonology, with special reference to tongue root and tongue body harmony 111
- English vowel structure and stress in GP 2.0 157
- Reanalysing ‘epenthetic’ consonants in nasal-consonant sequences: A lexical specification approach 185
- The role of the elements in diphthong formation and hiatus resolution: Evidence from Tokyo and Owari Japanese 207
- Elements of syntax. Repulsion and attraction 251
- General Index 275
- Language Index 279
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
- Elements and structural head-dependency 9
- Contrastive hierarchies and phonological primes 33
- Privativity and ternary phonological behavior 65
- A guide to Radical CV Phonology, with special reference to tongue root and tongue body harmony 111
- English vowel structure and stress in GP 2.0 157
- Reanalysing ‘epenthetic’ consonants in nasal-consonant sequences: A lexical specification approach 185
- The role of the elements in diphthong formation and hiatus resolution: Evidence from Tokyo and Owari Japanese 207
- Elements of syntax. Repulsion and attraction 251
- General Index 275
- Language Index 279
