To what extent do complex phonological patterns require the postulation of universal
mechanisms specific to language? In this volume, we explore the Emergent Hypothesis, that …

This article traces the development of voiced prepalatal obstruents/d ʒ⌢/and/ʒ/in Judeo-
Spanish, the language spoken by the Sephardic Jews since before their expulsion from late …

After a brief discussion of the concept of language variation, some of the main characteristics
of 'rule-based'and usage-based paradigms are sketched, confined to the domain of …

In this paper I argue that the two main families of phonological constraints in Optimality
Theory, markedness and faithfulness constraints can be derived from more basic cognitive …

In this paper we discuss the four tones of Standard (Beijing) Mandarin Chinese. First, we will
suggest a proposal for their phonological representation. Then, we discuss the order in …

Emergent Phonology seeks to minimize the role of Universal Grammar in linguistics by
investigating how units such as distinctive features, segments, words, morphemes, and …

In this article I discuss the various parts of the OT architecture in phonology: its basic
structure as an input-output system, Gen, Con and Eval. These aspects are considered in …

The present thesis focused on the acquisition of the well-formed stop-liquid/nasal and
fricative-liquid/nasal clusters in Standard Modern Greek. The data of this study are drawn …

In this article we present a new approach to words of the type zigzag, chitchat, etc. in
English. Such words form a formal (phonological) and functional (semantic) pattern in …

Language succeeds as a system of communication by exploiting the fundamental notion of
contrastiveness. Broadly speaking, the information associated with a structural object such …