Acta Linguistica Academica
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Volume 65: Issue 1
Sawing off the branch you are sitting on
Author:
Markus A. Pöchtrager University of Vienna

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Pages:
47–68
Online Publication Date:
Apr 2018
Publication Date:
01 Apr 2018
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/2062.2018.65.1.3
Keywords:
vowel reduction; structure; melody; vowel representations; Government Phonology 2.0
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This article argues that vowel reduction can be insightfully understood by reinterpreting openness as structural instead of melodic (i.e., mediated by an element). This allows for a unified account of various reduction phenomena in different languages and also extends to lenition in consonants. The proposal made here is couched within Government Phonology 2.0, a further development of Government Phonology.

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