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Substance-based Grammar – The (Ongoing) Work of John AndersonEdited by Roger Böhm and Harry van der Hulst
[Studies in Language Companion Series 204] 2018
► pp. 385–430
Degrees of complexity in phonological segments
Harry van der Hulst | University of Connecticut
Jeroen van de Weijer | Shenzhen University
In this chapter the authors discuss the representation of degrees of complexity in segmental structure. After exploring several measures of complexity in relation to the notion of markedness, five assumptions concerning phonological primes are listed. Adopting a dependency-based model using unary ‘features’, a brief introduction to this model, Radical cv Phonology (RcvP), is provided, focusing on its guiding principles and elementary units, the connection between the segment and the syllable (including a perspective on the relation between major class and syllable structure) and providing the representation of different groups of features (laryngeal, place and manner). The authors then turn their attention to so-called ‘complex segments’, proposing a formal typology in terms of the level in the structure at which complexity occurs.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Relative complexity and markedness
- 3.Five theses concerning phonological primes
- 3.1Are features based on perception or articulation?
- 3.2Are features innate?
- 3.3Are features, or is phonology in general, substance-free?
- 3.4Are phonological representations fully specified?
- 3.5Is there such a thing as a segment inventory?
- 4.The RCVP framework
- 4.1The formal representation of segmental structure and its phonetic interpretation
- 4.2Syllable structure in RcvP
- 4.3RcvP representations for ‘features’
- 5.The representation of complex segments
- 5.1Complex consonants
- 5.1.1Affricates
- 5.1.2Consonants with secondary manners
- 5.1.3Consonants with secondary place
- 5.1.4Segments with two major places
- 5.2Complex vowels
- 5.2.1(Short) diphthongs
- 5.2.2Vowels with contour tones
- 5.2.3Vowels with ‘special’ phonation
- 5.2.4Vowels with special manner
- 5.1Complex consonants
- 6.Branching syllabic constituents and ‘two-root structures’
- 7.Conclusion
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Notes -
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Published online: 12 December 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.204.10hul
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.204.10hul
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