The Articulatory Basis of Locality in Phonology

by Adamantios I. Gafos

Overview

This work elucidates the nature of the notion of Locality in phonology, describing the minimal conditions under which sounds assimilate to one another. The central thesis is that a sound can assimilate to another sound only if gestural contiguity is established between these two sounds. The argument supporting the central thesis of this book is unique in bringing evidence from articulatory dynamics, electromyography, and cross-linguistic sound patterns to converge on the same notion of locality in phonology. This book will be of particular interest to researchers in phonetics, phonology, and morphology, as well as to cognitive scientists interested in how the grammar may include constraints that emerge from the physical aspects of speech.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135680336
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/08/2014
Series:	Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Adamantios I. Gafos

Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction 1. Central Thesis 2. Theoretical Background 3. Organization of the Dissertation Chapter 2: Articulatory Locality 1. Introduction 2. Articulation of a VCV Sequence 3. Articulation of a CVC Sequence 4. Converging Sources of Evidence for Articulatory Locality 5. Previous Proposals on Locality 6. Autosegmental Spreading and Articulatory Locality 7. Summary and Conclusion