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Original scientific paper

Feature geometry and palatalization

Małgorzata Ewa Ćavar


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Abstract

The paper examines palatalization data from English, Polish and Croatian in the framework of Feature Geometry. It is shown that palatalization in the discussed data results in a number of phonologically diverse outputs, which cannot be accounted for by using one unique palatalization feature. Instead it is argued that palatalization can be represented by the spreading of either of two independent place specifications of the vowel, or of their combination. This approach implies a threefold typology of palatalization processes.

Keywords

phonology; feature geometry; palatalization; Polish; Croatian; English

Hrčak ID:

9292

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/9292

Publication date:

26.2.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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