Phonetically-Based Phonology

Edited by Bruce Hayes, Robert Kirchner, and Donca Steriade

This is the editors' Web site for the book Phonetically-Based Phonology,
published 2004 by Cambridge University Press.

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Contents and Abstracts

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1. Introduction: the phonetic basis of phonological markedness	Bruce Hayes and Donca Steriade
2. A review of perceptual cues and cue robustness	Richard Wright
3. A perception-based analysis of place assimilation	Jongho Jun
4. Rounding harmony	Abigail Kaun
5. The evolution of metathesis	Juliette Blevins and Andrew Garrett
6. The role of language specific durational patterns in contour tone distribution	Jie Zhang
7. Vowel reduction	Katherine Crosswhite
8. Contrast and perceptual distinctiveness	Edward Flemming
9. Syllable weight	Matthew Gordon
10. Consonant lenition	Robert Kirchner
11. Language processing and segmental OCP effects	Stefan Frisch

Supplementary Materials

Chapter 10 (Robert Kirchner)  

Hasse diagram of postulated universal rankings of Lazy constraints.

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Last updated:   November 5, 2004