Fischer Mónika: Representation of velar palatalisations in non-linear phonology. In: Papers in English and American studies : Tomus XXII. - Distinguished Szeged student papers, (22). pp. 35-68. (2012)
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Abstract
The paper is an attempt to find a satisfactory formulation of palatalisation. It searches for an optimal representation of the sounds taking part in the palatalisation process. Namely, there are three subtypes of palatalisation: addition of secondary palatal articulation, shift of coronal place of articulation and shift of velar place of articulation. The trigger segments of all three subtypes of palatalisation are front vowels and the palatal glide. The paper adopts a combination of two non-linear theories, Government Phonology and Feature Geometry, as its framework. This combination is named Element Geometry. In an Element Geometry based approach, sounds are represented as hierarchically organised structures. The terminal nodes of the structures are the unary elements of GP, and the elements grouped functionally form the class nodes of the structures. Each phonological process is either spreading or delinking of a terminal or a class node. Consequently, palatalisation is viewed as an assimilatory process with insertion of an association line. The paper examines data from English and Serbian. English palatalisation is a case of 'palatal' element spreading, whereas first velar palatalisation in Serbian raises the more general issue of the representation of the 'coronal' element. Namely, the outcomes of first velar palatalisation have the 'coronal' element in their representation, although that element is absent from the representation of both the input and the trigger segments. The alternative solution suggested in the paper is to adopt a three-element inventory that is the same for consonants and vowels. According to this system, coronality is expressed with the element for 'palatality'. Alveolars and dentals are represented as having only this element, whereas palatals are complex corono-dorsals having both a coronal and a dorsal element in their expression. Consequently, velar palatalisations are represented as spreading the 'palatal' element and a uniform representation of palatal assimilation is achieved.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Other title: | Distinguished Szeged student papers |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Papers in English and American studies : Tomus XXII. - Distinguished Szeged student papers |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Volume: | 22 |
| ISSN: | 0230-2780 |
| ISBN: | 978-963-482-991-1 |
| Page Range: | pp. 35-68 |
| Series Name: | Acta Universitatis Szegediensis de Attila József nominatae : papers in english and american studies |
| Language: | English |
| Related URLs: | https://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/68587/ |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Angol nyelv - fonológia, Nyelvészet - angol |
| Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: p. 65-67. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Subjects: | 06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.02. Languages and Literature 06. Humanities > 06.02. Languages and Literature > 06.02.06. Linguistics |
| Date Deposited: | 2025. Jan. 21. 14:04 |
| Last Modified: | 2025. Jan. 24. 11:21 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/68852 |
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