Universals in phonology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344240 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Larry M Hyman (0000-0002-7676-6358, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlir.2008.003 |
| OpenAlex | W2047723373 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article asks what is universal about phonological systems. Beginning with universals of segment inventories, a distinction is drawn between descriptive universals (where the effect of different theoretical frameworks is minimized) vs. analytic universals (which are specific-theory-dependent). Since there are few absolute universals such as “all languages have stops” and “all languages have at least two degrees of vowel height”, theory-driven or “architectural” universals concerning distinctive features and syllable structure are also considered. Although several near-universals are also mentioned, the existence of conflicting “universal tendencies” and contradictory resolutions naturally leads into questions concerning the status of markedness and synchronic explanation in phonology. While diachrony is best at accounting for typologically unusual and language-specific phonological properties, the absolute universals discussed in this study are clearly grounded in synchrony
Linguistic universal · Linguistics · Markedness · Optimality theory · Phonology · Problem of universals · Syllable · Theoretical linguistics · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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Current research in phonological typology
Diachronic phonological typology
On the comparability of prosodic categories
Frequent violation of the sonority sequencing principle in hundreds of languages
Bootstrap co-occurrence networks of consonants and the Basic Consonant Inventory
Phonological contrast and its phonetic enhancement
Japanese has syllables
Questioning the universality of the syllable
Consonant co-occurrence classes and the feature-economy principle
Phonotactics and the prestopped velar lateral of Hiw
Does Gokana really have no syllables? Or
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Velar lateral allophony in Mee (Ekari)
Tracking Developmental Changes in the Use of Syllables as Segmental and Prelexical Reading Units
Language Universals and Misidentification
Advancements of phonetics in the 21st century
Is Word-Level Recursion Actually Recursion
Segment Inventories
Musical adaptation as phonological evidence
The emergence, progress, and impact of sound change in progress in Seoul Korean
Bridging phonological system and lexicon
Syntax Matters
Observaciones tipológicas sobre la persona gramatical y clases de palabra en documentos coloniales de Colombia, Venezuela y Ecuador
Arbitrariness in grammar
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Ejective stops in Hittite
The role of the sonority cycle in core syllabification
‘Coda’ licensing
Feature economy in sound systems
Non-optimal onsets in Chamicuro
Labial unmarkedness in Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole
Syllabic and moraic structures in Piro
Prosody and Segmental Effect Some Paths of Evolution for Word Stress
At the right edge of words
Languages and Universals
Prosodic phonology and phonetics
The fundamentals of particle phonology
A Perceptually-Driven Account of Onset-Sensitive Stress
Multilevel Conditioning of Phoneme Variants in Apinayé
Native Reaction and Phonetic Similarity in Maxakalí Phonology
Vowel Features, Paired Variables, and the English Vowel Shift
Where's phonology in typology
Anthropological Linguistics
Rule inversion
An acoustic explanation of a sound change
Arrernte
Is the Vowel-Consonant Dichotomy Universal
The phonology of being understood
The Implications of Wichita Phonology
Synchronic and Diachronic Universals in Phonology
Sound Patterns in Language
Mountain of Tongues
| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,78 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |