dc.contributor.author |
Pineros, Carlos |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-10-04T21:05:36Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Catalan Journal of Linguistics 15:67-100 2016 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1695-6885 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/35868 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This article explores the topic of exceptionality in phonology focusing on nasal-stop inventories. A meticulous survey shows that it is normal for such systems to include at least two anterior units: /m/ and /n/. The finding that the introduction of /ŋ/, the first posterior unit to appear, normally follows that of both anterior units suggests that anteriority is somehow more compatible with this consonant class; however, this hypothesis is challenged by exceptions: /n/ is occasionally superseded by /ŋ/. The proposed analysis overturns the view that there is a single universal place hierarchy. It demonstrates that languages assess the cost of place features on multiple dimensions and that nasal-stop inventories are shaped by the conflict between three evaluation measures: one for articulatory cost, one for perceptual cost, and one for dispersion. A theory of far greater explanatory power emerges when each evaluation measure is empirically substantiated and their universality is strictly respected. |
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dc.publisher |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Catalan Journal of Linguistics |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.Details obtained from http://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/about/submissions#authorGuidelines |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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dc.title |
Exceptional nasal-stop inventories |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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pubs.begin-page |
67 |
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pubs.volume |
15 |
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dc.description.version |
VoR - Version of Record |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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pubs.author-url |
http://www.raco.cat/index.php/CatalanJournal/article/view/v15-pineros |
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pubs.end-page |
100 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
506102 |
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pubs.org-id |
Arts |
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pubs.org-id |
Cultures, Languages & Linguist |
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pubs.org-id |
European Lang and Literature |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2014-9719 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2015-11-24 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2016-06-01 |
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