NONSYLLABIC ANALYSIS OF VOICE ASSIMILATION IN POLISH

Authors
Citation
J. Rubach, NONSYLLABIC ANALYSIS OF VOICE ASSIMILATION IN POLISH, Linguistic inquiry, 27(1), 1996, pp. 69-110
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Language & Linguistics","Language & Linguistics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00243892
Volume
27
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
69 - 110
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-3892(1996)27:1<69:NAOVAI>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
This article argues (1) that voice assimilation in Polish is governed by linear adjacency of Laryngeal nodes rather than by syllable structu re, and (2) that [voice] should be regarded as binary, not privative. It is shown that past research has depended too heavily on the direct syllabic conditioning of voice assimilation. In reality, prosodic cond itioning is indirect and is mediated by Sonorant Default. The correct application of several rules requires that adjacency be defined at the largyneal tier, which is possible only if [voice] is regarded as a bi nary rather than a privative feature.