Backness Distinction in Phonology: A Polish Perspective on the Phonemic Status of «y»

The book argues for the underlying status of the vowel y on the basis of palatalization processes in Polish. It is shown that the absence of y is empirically unfeasible as it leads to morphologization of completely regular phonological rules and demands an extensive use of diacritics, which may also result in segment indexation.

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Backness Distinction in Phonology: A Polish Perspective on the Phonemic Status of «y»

The book argues for the underlying status of the vowel y on the basis of palatalization processes in Polish. It is shown that the absence of y is empirically unfeasible as it leads to morphologization of completely regular phonological rules and demands an extensive use of diacritics, which may also result in segment indexation.

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Backness Distinction in Phonology: A Polish Perspective on the Phonemic Status of «y»

Backness Distinction in Phonology: A Polish Perspective on the Phonemic Status of «y»

by Pawel Rydzewski
Backness Distinction in Phonology: A Polish Perspective on the Phonemic Status of «y»

Backness Distinction in Phonology: A Polish Perspective on the Phonemic Status of «y»

by Pawel Rydzewski

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The book argues for the underlying status of the vowel y on the basis of palatalization processes in Polish. It is shown that the absence of y is empirically unfeasible as it leads to morphologization of completely regular phonological rules and demands an extensive use of diacritics, which may also result in segment indexation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783631677254
Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date: 04/12/2017
Series: Lodz Studies in Language , #50
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paweł Rydzewski is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Warsaw. His research interests include phonology, morphology and Slavic languages.

Table of Contents

The phonemic status of the vowel «y» and its role in the processes of Polish palatalization – The treatment of lexical exceptions in phonology – The use of indexed constraints in Optimality Theory

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