Laryngeal Features and Laryngeal Neutralization

by Linda Lombardi

Overview

First published in 1994. In this study, the author proposes that neutralization is the result of a wellformedness condition that the author calls the Laryngeal Constraint: In languages that have laryngeal neutralization, a laryngeal node is only licensed in a particular syllabic configuration; elsewhere the node will delink to repair the violation of well-formedness. This approach to neutralization is required to correctly explain the typology of laryngeal neutralization. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138317949
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/20/2020
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Phonetics and Phonology
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Linda Lombardi received a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and after a decade in academia she became a small mammal keeper while writing a column about pets and animals for the Associated Press. Lombardi has written for newspapers, magazines and websites on a variety of topics including home and garden, pets and animals, food, travel, and all things Japanese.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Laryngeal Features of Obstruents 2. The Feature [Voice] and Voicing Assimilation 3. Glottalization and Aspiration 4. Laryngeal Phonology of Sonorants; Bibliography; Index

Editorial Reviews

Draws evidence from possible consonant systems and phonological rules to argue that the only adequate way to account for laryngeal distinctions in consonants is a system comprising voice, aspiration, and glottalization. Laryngeal neutralization is then seen to be a delinking of the laryngeal node in order to repair the occurrence of laryngeal features in an unlicensed position. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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