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ABSOLUTE NEUTRALIZATION [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phonetics
CONT

The analyses I was specifically concerned with were those involving absolute neutralization, i.e., the context-free merger of an underlying phonological contrast on the phonetic surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phonétique
CONT

(...) On remarque que dans chacun des cas [que King (1973]) nous présente [où des règles phonologiques sont réordonnées dans l'histoire d'une langue], la réordonnance des règles (rule reordering) aboutit à tout coup à la neutralisation absolue. Pourtant, on sait très bien que King accepte le principe qui veut que tout segment sous-jacent soit récupérable en surface (...).

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