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Message 1: Phonological Augmentation in Prominent Positions: SmithDate: 22-Sep-2004From: Dylan Maiden <dylan.maiden taylorandfrancis.com>Subject: Phonological Augmentation in Prominent Positions: Smith Title: Phonological Augmentation in Prominent Positions Series Title: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com/ Author: Jennifer L Smith, University of York Hardback: ISBN: 0415971071 Pages: 304 Price: 90.00 (U.S. $) Abstract: Phonologically prominent or "strong" positions are known for their ability to resist positional neutralization processes such as vowel reduction or place assimilation. However, there are also cases of neutralization that affect only strong positions, as when stressed syllables must be heavy, default stress is inserted into roots, or word-initial onsets must be low in sonority. This dissertation shows that phonological processes specific to strong positions are distinct from those involved in classic positional neutralization effects because they always serve to augment the strong position with a perceptually salient characteristic. Formally, positional augmentation effects are modeled by means of markedness constraints relativized to strong positions. Because positional augmentation constraints are subject to certain substantive restrictions, as seen in their connection to perceptual salience, they also have implications for the relationship between functional grounding and phonological theory. Linguistic Field(s): Phonology Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11591
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