Language Universals, Markedness Theory, and Natural Phonetic Processes
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Language Universals, Markedness Theory, and Natural Phonetic Processes

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Language Universals, Markedness Theory, and Natural Phonetic Processes

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Table of contents

  1. Notes on symbols
  2. 1 Introduction and orientation
  3. 1.0 Introduction
  4. 1.1 Background and theoretical orientation
  5. 1.2 Sources of data
  6. 1.3 Arrangement of the chapters
  7. 2 Definition and phonological status of prenasalization
  8. 2.0 Introduction
  9. 2.1 The problem of definition
  10. 2.2 Phonological markedness
  11. 2.3 Summary
  12. 2.4 Notes
  13. 3 Prenasalized consonants: Units or clusters?
  14. 3.0 Introduction
  15. 3.1 Strategy of determination
  16. 3.2 General considerations
  17. 3.3 Syllable structure considerations
  18. 3.4 Motivation for a feature analysis
  19. 3.5 Summary
  20. 3.6 Notes
  21. 4 Formal representation of prenasalized consonants
  22. 4.0 Introduction
  23. 4.1 Formal representation
  24. 4.2 Feature analyses: Theoretical considerations
  25. 4.3 Phonetic vector specifications
  26. 4.4 Summary
  27. 4.5 Notes
  28. 5 Phonetic evidence for a cluster analyses
  29. 5.0 Introduction
  30. 5.1 Vowel quality
  31. 5.2 Vowel nasality
  32. 5.3 Vowel quantity
  33. 5.4 Syllabicity alternations
  34. 5.5 Summary
  35. 5.6 Notes
  36. 6 A derivational model for nasal-oral unification
  37. 6.0 Introduction
  38. 6.1 Theoretical background
  39. 6.2 Relationship of phonetic processes and unification
  40. 6.3 Derivational model
  41. 6.4 Initial prenasalization and unification: An alternative model
  42. 6.5 Summary
  43. 6.6 Notes
  44. 7 Prenasalized consonants: Processes of origin
  45. 7.0 Introduction
  46. 7.1 Nasal abutment
  47. 7.2 Environmental shielding processes
  48. 7.3 Shielding within clusters
  49. 7.4 Spurious, spontaneous, and intrusive nasalization
  50. 7.5 Some problematic cases
  51. 7.6 Summary
  52. 7.7 Notes
  53. 8 Phonetic processes in derivation
  54. 8.0 Introduction
  55. 8.1 Processes affecting oral consonants
  56. 8.2 Processes affecting nasal consonants
  57. 8.3 Summary
  58. 8.4 Gemination of consonants and prenasalization
  59. 8.5 Notes
  60. 9 Implications and conclusions
  61. 9.0 Introduction
  62. 9.1 Explaining markedness
  63. 9.2 Universals in reconstruction
  64. 9.3 Implications and directions for future research
  65. 9.4 Summary
  66. 9.5 Notes
  67. References