The representation of coronal segments
In this thesis I am concerned with the way in which coronal segments should be represented. I argue that coronality is a phonetic rather than a phonological concept and that coronal segments are represented in the phonological component by the aperture particle A. In vowels, the aperture particle represents the central vowel of the language. In a language such as English therefore, A represents schwa. One consequence of this is that I am able to establish a connection between the most commonly unmarked vowel (i.e. a schwa-/a/ type vowel) and the unmarked oral place, namely coronal. In chapter 1, I set out the background to the study of the representation of coronal. In the general background I outline the representational issues which a thesis of this kind needs to consider. The specific introduction deals with two contemporary phonological debates in which coronals are central. The first concerns the extent to which consonants and vowels share the same place features and the second concerns their unmarked and special status. In chapter 2, I discuss the classic problem of linking and intrusive r in English. I argue that r-sandhi is a process of Glide Formation. Once r-sandhi is viewed in this way two consequences
Broadbent, Judith M.
The representation of coronal segments. In this thesis I am concerned with the way in which coronal segments should be represented. I argue that coronality is a phonetic rather than a phonological concept and that coronal segments are represented in the phonological component by the aperture particle A. In vowels, the aperture particle represents the central vowel of the language. In a language such as English therefore, A represents schwa. One consequence of this is that I am able to establish a connection between the most commonly unmarked vowel (i.e. a schwa-/a/ type vowel) and the unmarked oral place, namely coronal. In chapter 1, I set out the background to the study of the representation of coronal. In the general background I outline the representational issues which a thesis of this kind needs to consider. The specific introduction deals with two contemporary phonological debates in which coronals are central. The first concerns the extent to which consonants and vowels share the same place features and the second concerns their unmarked and special status. In chapter 2, I discuss the classic problem of linking and intrusive r in English. I argue that r-sandhi is a process of Glide Formation. Once r-sandhi is viewed in this way two consequences
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