Lexical Phonology and the Distribution of German [c] and [x].

Hall, Tracy Alan

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Publication Date: 1989

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Lexical Phonology and the Distribution of German [c] and [x].

Hall, Tracy Alan

Phonology, v6 n1 p1-17 1989

Analyzes the near-complementary distribution of the German palatal fricative [c] and velar fricative [x] as a counterexample to Structural Preservation because the rule of Fricative Assimilation (FA) introduces the nondistinctive feature [back] lexically. The analysis presented derives both [x] and [c] from the archiphoneme /X/ via FA and a default rule. (43 references) (JL)

Descriptors: German, Language Patterns, Language Research, Lexicology, Linguistic Theory, Phonemes, Phonology, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)

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