Initial mutation in modern Irish and its implications for phonological theory
This thesis is divided into two parts. In Part I, I discuss the implications for phonological theory of adopting a specific hypothesis concerning rule ordering in phonological grammars. The hypothesis in question claims that rules are ordered, not on a language-specific basis, but according to universally determined principles. Thus it constitutes an elaboration of the theory first developed by Koutsoudas, Sanders and Noll in 1974. Following an introductory chapter, the four remaining chapters in Part I are devoted to the explication of particular interaction- types, as exemplified in widely divergent languages. Associated with each interaction-type is a universal precedence principle. Thus in Chapter 2, Feeding, Obligatory Precedence is treated with particular reference to Mohawk, whilst in Chapter 3, Bleeding, the application of Proper Inclusion Precedence is illustrated and two attested cases of reordering are shown to follow from universal principles. In Chapter 4, Counterbleeding, it is refuted that simultaneity constitutes a possible mode of rule interaction and Deletion Cession is put forward to predict the attested applicational precedences in Amerindian data. Proper Inclusion Precedence undergoes
McBreaty, J. R.
Linguistics
Initial mutation in modern Irish and its implications for phonological theory. This thesis is divided into two parts. In Part I, I discuss the implications for phonological theory of adopting a specific hypothesis concerning rule ordering in phonological grammars. The hypothesis in question claims that rules are ordered, not on a language-specific basis, but according to universally determined principles. Thus it constitutes an elaboration of the theory first developed by Koutsoudas, Sanders and Noll in 1974. Following an introductory chapter, the four remaining chapters in Part I are devoted to the explication of particular interaction- types, as exemplified in widely divergent languages. Associated with each interaction-type is a universal precedence principle. Thus in Chapter 2, Feeding, Obligatory Precedence is treated with particular reference to Mohawk, whilst in Chapter 3, Bleeding, the application of Proper Inclusion Precedence is illustrated and two attested cases of reordering are shown to follow from universal principles. In Chapter 4, Counterbleeding, it is refuted that simultaneity constitutes a possible mode of rule interaction and Deletion Cession is put forward to predict the attested applicational precedences in Amerindian data. Proper Inclusion Precedence undergoes
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