Phonological phenomena related to the syllable are often analysed either in terms of the
constituents defined in the Onset-Rhyme Model; or in terms of moras after the Moraic …

Since the proposal of an autosegmental CV tier by McCarthy (1979), there have been
debates regarding how to represent the length of segments to properly capture relevant …

There are some words in Arabic with geminate codas. These words have been adopted by
Persian. However, since Persian does not allow coda geminates they undergo coda …

Speech perception phenomena have been drawn on by researchers in the area of
phonological theory to elucidate synchronic phonological processes such as neutralization …

This dissertation examines three issues concerning syllabification from a variety of angles:
perception, production, and orthography. First, it focuses on whether and how a certain …

Zurich German, a High Alemannic dialect spoken in the area of Zurich, has short and long
obstruent series leading to minimal pairs such as []'hood'–[]'honk …

The status of Blackfoot/s/analyzed in Optimality Theory Page 112 The Status of Blackfoot/s/Analyzed
in Optimality Theory Ryan DenzeR-King Rutgers University intRoDuction In this paper I seek …

This paper takes a new look at the evolution of stops from Latin to Spanish. In a series of
sound changes that have often been described as a chain shift, geminates reduced to …

In this paper, we show that Input-Reduplicant correspondence is a necessary ingredient of a
full analysis of Leti reduplication. IR correspondence accounts for reduplication patterns that …

This dissertation investigates the role of minimal contrast in phonetic patterns and
phonological phenomena. Two sounds are minimally contrastive when they differ in just one …