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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Contrast preservation"”.
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Contrast preservation and constraints on individual phonetic variation
… of a complex system of relations between contrastive phonemes. In this dissertation, I test whether there are constraints on individual phonetic variation from a multivariate perspective due to this system of relations, and how these constraints interact with contrast preservation. Two …
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The Role of Contrast in Nasal Harmony
By providing a direct characterization of contrast preservation, the Categorization Model allows for a more unified account of nasal harmony resistance. While not ruling out neutralization altogether, this dissertation argues that were nasal harmony allowed to neutralize contrast, the destructive …
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Relational correspondence in tone sandhi
… input-output/output-output mappings for the preservation of gross Fo contours (rising, falling, level) across two or more segments. Following Steriade (2006), I refer to constraints in this family as Relational Correspondence constraints. The central tenet of Relational Correspondence is that …
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The phonetics of metrical prominence and its consequences on segmental phonology
… enhance prominence of the stressed position: the preservation of segmental contrast and the enhancement of acoustic properties of the releases in stress-adjacent consonants. The main question of this dissertation is why there are so few segmental processes that show sensitivity to stress. Why are …