Evidence for sk in German as a Complex Segment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21722831 |
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| Authors | Sarah M B Fagan (University of Iowa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-95 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Germanic Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-5427 • E-ISSN: 1475-3014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1470542719000126 |
| OpenAlex | W3004917003 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
This squib provides evidence from the superlative in support of Wiese’s (1996) position that s (sibilant) + stop sequences in German behave as complex segments. With the exception of the sequence /sk/, the consonants that require schwa epenthesis before the superlative suffix are all coronal obstruents: nettest - [ˈnɛtəst] ‘nicest’, süßest - [ˈzyːsəst] ‘sweetest’, frischest - [ˈfrɪʃəst] ‘freshest’, brüskest - [ˈbrʏskəst] ‘most abrupt’. If one assumes that the sequence /sk/ is a single, complex segment with the feature [coronal] as well as [dorsal], the formation of the superlative can be accounted for with a simple rule of schwa epenthesis
Combinatorics · German · Linguistics · Obstruent · Schwa · Suffix · Superlative · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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