Principles of Dependency Phonology

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
PART I - PHONOLOGICAL STRUCTURE......Page 16
1.1 Some basic assumptions......Page 18
1.2 Non-componentiality......Page 20
1.3 Minimal componentiality......Page 22
1.4 Scalar features: an alternative minimal theory......Page 35
1.5 Vowel components......Page 39
1.6 Multi-gestural representations......Page 45
2.1 Non-constituentiality......Page 52
2.2 The syllable as a constituent......Page 61
2.3 Syllable boundaries......Page 69
2.4 The basic domain of syllabification......Page 80
2.5 Syllabification and stress placement......Page 83
2.6 Preliminary remarks on the foot and the tone group......Page 89
2.7 The nature of syllabicity, stressedness and tonicity: an informal outline......Page 91
3.1 Dependency and syntax......Page 96
3.2 The dependency structure of phonological sequences: a first approximation......Page 107
3.3 Word structure vs. utterance structure......Page 115
3.4 Remarks on the assignment of word structure......Page 118
3.5 Word--utterance associations......Page 133
3.6 Dependency within the segment......Page 136
3.7 Conclusion......Page 147
Overview of Part I......Page 148
PART II - PHONOLOGICAL GESTURES AND THEIR STRUCTURE......Page 150
Introduction......Page 152
II.1 Articulation vs. phonation......Page 153
II.2 Phonation vs. initiation......Page 156
II.3 The representation of the segment......Page 159
4.1 The phonatory components......Page 162
4.2 Phonological complexity in the phonatory sub-gesture......Page 177
4.3 Hierarchies in the phonatory sub-gesture......Page 182
4.4 Lenition processes......Page 186
4.5 Syllable structure......Page 188
4.6 Neutralisation and Old English [v]......Page 193
5 - The categorial gesture: initiation......Page 196
5.1 Glottal stricture......Page 198
5.2 Voiceless sonorants......Page 202
5.3 Aspiration......Page 204
5.4 |O|-languages......Page 206
5.5 Airstream mechanisms......Page 210
6.1 Vowels: the basic vocalic components......Page 217
6.2 Central vowels......Page 229
6.3 Back unrounded vowels......Page 231
6.4 Vowels: a minimal phonemic set......Page 235
6.5 Place of articulation: feature systems......Page 239
6.6 Gravity, linguality and apicality......Page 244
6.7 The dependency representation of place......Page 247
6.8 Secondary and double articulation......Page 257
6.9 The oro-nasal sub-gesture......Page 261
PART III - OVERVIEW......Page 264
7.1 Intragestural relationships......Page 266
7.2 Gestures and the segment......Page 269
7.3 Complex segments and intrasegmental adjunction......Page 274
7.4 Intergestural relationships......Page 279
7.5 The tonological gesture......Page 281
7.6 Associations between gestures and segments......Page 285
7.7 Afterthoughts on lexical vs. utterance structure......Page 290
8 - Conclusions and consequences......Page 292
8.1 Structural analogy......Page 294
8.2 Realisation and neutralisation......Page 299
8.3 Epilogue on concreteness......Page 302
References......Page 308
Index......Page 318