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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»

Hardcover

Series: Lodz Studies in Language, Book 50

PolishLinguistics

ISBN10: 3631677251
ISBN13: 9783631677254
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Published: Apr 12 2017
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book discusses the phonological consequences of the backness distinction in high vowels. It focuses on a single-phoneme approach which does not recognize the existence of the vowel y. The author demonstrates that the role of y is crucial for the analysis of Polish palatalization. If y is recognized as a separate phoneme, then the processes receive a straightforward account in Lexical Phonology and Optimality Theory, the two frameworks used in the study. On the other hand, the absence of y leads to unwarranted exceptionality and entails an extensive use of diacritics or lexical constraints. The analyses show, however, that the lack of y is empirically unfeasible and requires segment indexation, a solution unheard of in phonology.

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