Laryngeal Features and Laryngeal Neutralization

by Linda Lombardi

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138317942
• ISBN13: 9781138317949
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"