From Binary Features to Elements: The Case of Scandinavian

From Binary Features to Elements: The Case of Scandinavian

In this paper, we show how the Contrastivist Hypothesis (Hall 2007, Dresher 2008) can be amended using Element Theory (KLV 1988; Angoujard 1997; Scheer 1999; Backley 2011) and Government Phonology (KLV 1990; Lowenstamm 1996; Scheer 2004). Given the richness of the phenomenology of Nordic languages,...

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Main Authors: Ali Tifrit, Laurence Voeltzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
Subjects:
phonology
Government Phonology
Element Theory
Contrastivist Hypothesis
North-Germanic
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/3254

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