Palatal nasal decomposition in Slovene, Upper Sorbian and Polish

Bibliographic Data

ID10139719
AuthorsJerzy Rubach (0000-0002-3389-5547, University of Iowa, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume44
Issue1
Pages169-204
Publication date2008-02-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022226707004987
OpenAlexW2161270376
LanguageIT
Citations received7
References cited24

This article investigates the types of palatal nasal decomposition from the perspective of three Slavic languages: Slovene, Upper Sorbian and Polish. The prepalatal nasal exhibits three different patterns of behaviour: retention, decomposition and depalatalization. Decomposition results in a cluster of the glide [j] and a nasal consonant. The details of this process are different in each of the three phonological systems considered, for instance, the process can yield either [jn] or [nj], and it can occur either in the onset or in the coda. Also the drivers for decomposition are different and include constraints defining permissible inventories as well as constraints governing assimilation. From the theoretical perspective, nasal decomposition raises the question of whether ident constraints should be bidirectional or unidirectional. It is concluded that the latter are indispensable

Aesthetics · Coda · Consonant · Consonant cluster · Decomposition · Geometry · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical · Slavic languages · Chemistry · History · Language and Culture · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research

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