The two volumes of the Phonological Spectrum aim at giving a comprehensive overview of current developments in phonological theory, by providing a number of papers in different areas of current theorizing which reflect on particular problems from different angles. Volume I is concerned with segmental structure, and focuses on nasality, voicing and other laryngeal features, as well as segmental timing. With respect to nasality, questions such as the phonetic underpinning of a distinctive feature [nasal] and the treatment of nasal harmony are treated. As for voicing, the behaviour of voicing assimilation in Dutch is covered while its application in German is examined with an eye to its implications for the stratification of the German lexicon. In the final section of volume I, the structure of diphthongs is examined, as well as the treatment of lenition and the relation between phonetic and phonological specification in sign language.

Table of Contents

Nasality Nasal harmony in functional phonology Paul Boersma Reinterpreting transparency in nasal harmony Rachel Walker Can ‘phonological’ nasality be derived from phonetic nasality? Stefan Ploch Voice The role of phonology and phonetics in Dutch voice assimilation Mirjam T.C. Ernestus Final Devoicing and the stratification of the lexicon in German Caroline Féry The laryngeal effect in Korean: Phonology or phonetics? Eon-Suk Ko Time, tone and other things The diphthong dynamics distinction in Swabian: How much timing is there in phonology? Markus Hiller Depression in Zulu: Tonal effects of segmental features Philipp Strazny Weakening processes in the Optimality Framework K.G. Vijayakrishnan Base joint configuration in Sign Language of the Netherlands: Phonetic variation and phonological specification Onno Crasborn and Els van der Kooij Index