Palatalization and jers in modern Russian phonology: An underspecification approach

"Every student of Russian phonology is aware of the importance of palatalization rules, and of the difficulties encountered in any attempt at describing the surfacing of jers: both structuralist and SPE-type analyses have tackled these problems in depth. In the following these topics are revisited, taking advantage of recent theoretical developments in phonology: nonlinear (syllable) theory, underspecification and lexical phonology. It is claimed: that some palatalized consonants are part of the underlying system of Russian; that there is no underlying /y/, but only high back nonround (y), a variant of /i/; that jers (""fleeting"" vowels) are not underlying vowels but are underlying segments without a syllable nucleus; and that some (but not all) of the phonological rules involving jers are syllable-based."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Linguistics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Farina, Donna Marie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kenstowicz, Michael J.

• Language, Linguistics
• Language, Modern
• Literature, Slavic and East European

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Farina, Donna Marie

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9136589
(UMI)AAI9136589

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20249