The competitive tier model – Element subtraction in German and Pomeranian

Competition of segmental material is inherent to all proposals of phonological template satisfaction. Segments are aligned with a prosodic template and compete for prosodic space. This vowel competition for space is well-known from the Semitic languages. In this paper, we argue that competition is a...

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Main Author: Gertjan Postma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2019-01-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/article/id/5117/