Bert Vaux
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 224132 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Bert Vaux |
| NOMBRES | Bert |
| APELLIDO | Vaux |
| FIRMA | VAUX B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0915-4503 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1995 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Non-adjacency in phonosyntax
In Iranian Armenian, certain verbal suffixes display allomorphy or morphophonological alternations that are conditioned by the location of another word. These alternations are a phonosyntactic process, i.e., a syntax-sensitive morphophonological process. The choice of surface form for the perfective converb suffix depends on the location of an auxiliary. If the auxiliary is to the right of the suffix (with possible interveners), then the suffix u…
The emergence of vowel harmony in Armenian dialects
We find vowel harmony systems in many non-standard varieties of modern Armenian. It has been speculated that these may have acquired vowel harmony due to contact with Turkic varieties (Scala 2018). On the basis of an exploration of the synchrony and typology of Armenian vowel harmony, consideration of historical changes that could have caused harmony to develop, and evaluation of new data bearing on the origins of backness and rounding harmony in…
Getting ready for primetime
Substance-free phonology (SFP) is based on the hypothesis that phonological computation makes no reference to phonetic substance, and that phonological features are treated as arbitrary symbols for the purposes of computation. However, phonologists within the SFP tradition disagree about whether the content of phonological features is innate or learned (“emergent”), and if learned, whether the acquisition process is based on phonological patterni…
Silence-cued stop perception
Bastian, Eimas, & Liberman (1961) found that listeners heard a [p] when a silence of more than 50ms was inserted between the [s] and the [l] in a recording of the word slit. It has long been known that silence is an important cue in stop consonant perception. Nevertheless, it is surprising that a short interval of silence can substitute for something as acoustically and articulatorily complex as a phoneme. In the present work, we replicate and ex…
Cwyzhy Abkhaz
In this Illustration we describe the Cwyzhy (also Tswydzhy) dialect of Abkhaz, the native language of the third author. In Cwyzhy, the language Abkhaz is called /арhsаʃwа/ [ˈаphsæʃɥæ] аҧсашəа. Abkhaz (ISO-639-3 abk) belongs to the Northwest Caucasian family of languages, and the Abkhaz dialects are related as shown in (1) (adapted from Chirikba 2012: 36)
The evolution of Armenian
Phonology in Universal Grammar
This chapter draws a distinction between Universal Grammar (the initial state of the computational system that underwrites the human capacity for language) and the Language Acquisition Device (the complex of components of the mind/brain involved in constructing grammar+lexicon pairs upon exposure to primary linguistic data). It then considers whether there are any substantive phonological components of Universal Grammar strictu sensu. Two of the …
Explaining vowel systems
We argue that the cross-linguistic distribution of vowel systems is best accounted for by grammar-external forces of learnability operating in tandem with cognitive constraints on phonological computation, as argued for other phonological phenomena by
Retroflex variation and methodological issues
Rules, Constraints, and Phonological Phenomena
Rules, constraints, and phonological phenomena
Laryngeal markedness and aspiration
We argue that the common phonological assumptions that (i) plain voiceless consonants are less marked than voiceless aspirates and (ii) the unmarked two-way stop system opposes unaspirated voiced and voiceless members are incorrect. A wide range of phonetic and internal and external phonological evidence suggests instead that (i) the maximally unmarked single-series stop is unspecified for laryngeal features and (ii) the unmarked two-way stop sys…
Syllabification in Armenian, Universal Grammar, and the Lexicon
This article approaches from a new angle the question of the extent to which predictable information is stored in the lexicon. By examining the ways in which morphological phenomena can be sensitive to prosodic structure, I argue that some-but not all-predictable information is stored in lexical entries. Detailed analysis of a fragment of the Armenian phonological system, focusing on the behavior of consonants at morpheme edges, supports a more a…
Introduction to Linguistic Field Methods
On Feature Spreading and the Representation of Place of Articulation
Since Clements (1985) introduced feature geometry, four major innovations have been proposed: Unified Feature Theory, Vowel-Place Theory, Strict Locality, and Partial Spreading. We set out the problems that each innovation encounters and propose a new model of feature geometry and feature spreading that is not subject to these problems. Of the four innovations, the new model-Revised Articulator Theory (RAT)-keeps Partial Spreading, but rejects th…
The Phonology of Armenian
Introduction 1. Survey of Armenian phonology 2. Theoretical background 3. Syllabification 4. Stress assignment and metrical structure 5. Vowel harmony 6. Consonant-vowel interactions 7. Laryngeal features and consonant shifts 8. Prosodic phenomena References
The Phonology Of Armenian
Armenian is geographically one of the most widespread languages of the world, with distinct dialects located as far west as Poland and as far east as India. It has a rich literary history dating from the fourth-century translation of the Bible into Classical Armenian. It is one of the most linguistically divergent of the Indo-European languages, having undergone a host of complicated phonological, morphological, and syntactic changes that continu…
The Laryngeal Specifications of Fricatives
Phonologists have traditionally assumed that the unmarked laryngeal state of fricatives is to be unaspirated ([−spread glottis]). However, the data analyzed here, which are drawn from Armenian, Greek, Pali, Sanskrit, Spanish, and Thai, suggest that in their unmarked state voiceless fricatives are in fact [+spread glottis], whereas voiced fricatives are [−spread glottis
Wackernagel's Law in Classical Armenian
Classical Armenian displays a curious type of subordinate clause formation characterized by the addition of a cliticized anaphoric pronoun to the end of the first constituent within the subordinate clause. Meillet (1897-1898) first proposed that this process was an instance of Wackernagel's Law, which encompasses a range of syntactic second-position phenomena in the world's languages. In this paper I survey the distribution of Wackernagel clauses…
On Feature Spreading and the Representation of Place of Articulation
Since Clements (1985) introduced feature geometry, four major innovations have been proposed: Unified Feature Theory, Vowel-Place Theory, Strict Locality, and Partial Spreading. We set out the problems that each innovation encounters and propose a new model of feature geometry and feature spreading that is not subject to these problems. Of the four innovations, the new model-Revised Articulator Theory (RAT)-keeps Partial Spreading, but rejects th…
The Laryngeal Specifications of Fricatives
Phonologists have traditionally assumed that the unmarked laryngeal state of fricatives is to be unaspirated ([−spread glottis]). However, the data analyzed here, which are drawn from Armenian, Greek, Pali, Sanskrit, Spanish, and Thai, suggest that in their unmarked state voiceless fricatives are in fact [+spread glottis], whereas voiced fricatives are [−spread glottis
Syllabification in Armenian, Universal Grammar, and the Lexicon
This article approaches from a new angle the question of the extent to which predictable information is stored in the lexicon. By examining the ways in which morphological phenomena can be sensitive to prosodic structure, I argue that some-but not all-predictable information is stored in lexical entries. Detailed analysis of a fragment of the Armenian phonological system, focusing on the behavior of consonants at morpheme edges, supports a more a…
The Phonology of Armenian
Introduction 1. Survey of Armenian phonology 2. Theoretical background 3. Syllabification 4. Stress assignment and metrical structure 5. Vowel harmony 6. Consonant-vowel interactions 7. Laryngeal features and consonant shifts 8. Prosodic phenomena References
Wackernagel's Law in Classical Armenian
Classical Armenian displays a curious type of subordinate clause formation characterized by the addition of a cliticized anaphoric pronoun to the end of the first constituent within the subordinate clause. Meillet (1897-1898) first proposed that this process was an instance of Wackernagel's Law, which encompasses a range of syntactic second-position phenomena in the world's languages. In this paper I survey the distribution of Wackernagel clauses…
The Phonology Of Armenian
Armenian is geographically one of the most widespread languages of the world, with distinct dialects located as far west as Poland and as far east as India. It has a rich literary history dating from the fourth-century translation of the Bible into Classical Armenian. It is one of the most linguistically divergent of the Indo-European languages, having undergone a host of complicated phonological, morphological, and syntactic changes that continu…
The Laryngeal Specifications of Fricatives
Phonologists have traditionally assumed that the unmarked laryngeal state of fricatives is to be unaspirated ([−spread glottis]). However, the data analyzed here, which are drawn from Armenian, Greek, Pali, Sanskrit, Spanish, and Thai, suggest that in their unmarked state voiceless fricatives are in fact [+spread glottis], whereas voiced fricatives are [−spread glottis
Introduction to Linguistic Field Methods
On Feature Spreading and the Representation of Place of Articulation
Since Clements (1985) introduced feature geometry, four major innovations have been proposed: Unified Feature Theory, Vowel-Place Theory, Strict Locality, and Partial Spreading. We set out the problems that each innovation encounters and propose a new model of feature geometry and feature spreading that is not subject to these problems. Of the four innovations, the new model-Revised Articulator Theory (RAT)-keeps Partial Spreading, but rejects th…
The Phonology of Armenian
Introduction 1. Survey of Armenian phonology 2. Theoretical background 3. Syllabification 4. Stress assignment and metrical structure 5. Vowel harmony 6. Consonant-vowel interactions 7. Laryngeal features and consonant shifts 8. Prosodic phenomena References
Syllabification in Armenian, Universal Grammar, and the Lexicon
This article approaches from a new angle the question of the extent to which predictable information is stored in the lexicon. By examining the ways in which morphological phenomena can be sensitive to prosodic structure, I argue that some-but not all-predictable information is stored in lexical entries. Detailed analysis of a fragment of the Armenian phonological system, focusing on the behavior of consonants at morpheme edges, supports a more a…
Laryngeal markedness and aspiration
We argue that the common phonological assumptions that (i) plain voiceless consonants are less marked than voiceless aspirates and (ii) the unmarked two-way stop system opposes unaspirated voiced and voiceless members are incorrect. A wide range of phonetic and internal and external phonological evidence suggests instead that (i) the maximally unmarked single-series stop is unspecified for laryngeal features and (ii) the unmarked two-way stop sys…
Rules, Constraints, and Phonological Phenomena
Rules, constraints, and phonological phenomena
Retroflex variation and methodological issues
Explaining vowel systems
We argue that the cross-linguistic distribution of vowel systems is best accounted for by grammar-external forces of learnability operating in tandem with cognitive constraints on phonological computation, as argued for other phonological phenomena by
Phonology in Universal Grammar
This chapter draws a distinction between Universal Grammar (the initial state of the computational system that underwrites the human capacity for language) and the Language Acquisition Device (the complex of components of the mind/brain involved in constructing grammar+lexicon pairs upon exposure to primary linguistic data). It then considers whether there are any substantive phonological components of Universal Grammar strictu sensu. Two of the …
The evolution of Armenian
Silence-cued stop perception
Bastian, Eimas, & Liberman (1961) found that listeners heard a [p] when a silence of more than 50ms was inserted between the [s] and the [l] in a recording of the word slit. It has long been known that silence is an important cue in stop consonant perception. Nevertheless, it is surprising that a short interval of silence can substitute for something as acoustically and articulatorily complex as a phoneme. In the present work, we replicate and ex…
Cwyzhy Abkhaz
In this Illustration we describe the Cwyzhy (also Tswydzhy) dialect of Abkhaz, the native language of the third author. In Cwyzhy, the language Abkhaz is called /арhsаʃwа/ [ˈаphsæʃɥæ] аҧсашəа. Abkhaz (ISO-639-3 abk) belongs to the Northwest Caucasian family of languages, and the Abkhaz dialects are related as shown in (1) (adapted from Chirikba 2012: 36)
Getting ready for primetime
Substance-free phonology (SFP) is based on the hypothesis that phonological computation makes no reference to phonetic substance, and that phonological features are treated as arbitrary symbols for the purposes of computation. However, phonologists within the SFP tradition disagree about whether the content of phonological features is innate or learned (“emergent”), and if learned, whether the acquisition process is based on phonological patterni…
Non-adjacency in phonosyntax
In Iranian Armenian, certain verbal suffixes display allomorphy or morphophonological alternations that are conditioned by the location of another word. These alternations are a phonosyntactic process, i.e., a syntax-sensitive morphophonological process. The choice of surface form for the perfective converb suffix depends on the location of an auxiliary. If the auxiliary is to the right of the suffix (with possible interveners), then the suffix u…
The emergence of vowel harmony in Armenian dialects
We find vowel harmony systems in many non-standard varieties of modern Armenian. It has been speculated that these may have acquired vowel harmony due to contact with Turkic varieties (Scala 2018). On the basis of an exploration of the synchrony and typology of Armenian vowel harmony, consideration of historical changes that could have caused harmony to develop, and evaluation of new data bearing on the origins of backness and rounding harmony in…
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