Contrast preservation in Polish Palatalization

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ID19155960
AuthorsAnna Łubowicz (0000-0002-0834-5025, University of Minnesota System, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume1
Issue1
Publication date2016-07-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlossa a journal of general linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2397-1835 • E-ISSN: 2397-1835
PublisherUbiquity Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5334/gjgl.63
OpenAlexW2475581938
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

There is a great deal of work on the role of contrast preservation in phonology and morphology (Flemming 1996; Padgett 2009; Hall 2011; Mackenzie 2013, among others). This article illustrates contrast preservation with the example of Coronal Palatalization in Polish (Rubach 1984; Gussmann 2007). The basic idea is that contrast is preserved between lexical items despite palatalization due to the choice of different allomorphs as suffixes for original and derived pre-palatals. If the same suffixes were selected for original and pre-palatal consonants, contrast would be neutralized between them in output forms. The analysis will be couched in the framework of PC (‘preserve contrast’) Theory (Łubowicz 2012). Cross-linguistic evidence and implications of the proposal will be examined. This article is part of the special collection: Palatalization

Allomorph · Linguistics · Morpheme · Morphophonology · Phonology · Computer Science · History · Language and Culture · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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