Optionality and Gradience in Persian Phonology: An Optimality Treatment

The distribution of the allophones of /?/in certain contexts involves free variation and gradient preferences. An organized survey was conducted to elicit the judgments of 37 native Persian speakers concerning the well-formedness of /?/allophonic behavior in five different phonological positions....

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Main Author: Vahid Sadeghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Sistan and Baluchestan 2014-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies
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Online Access:https://ijals.usb.ac.ir/article_1995_e1d3096b2d86a5c7075b382503d07c4a.pdf