This paper proposes a set of constraints within the framework of Optimality Theory that
accounts for syllable-final laryngeal neutralization and voicing assimilation in obstruent …

German is well known for its neutralization of the voicing contrast in word-final obstruents.
However, acoustic analysis of ten pairs of German words produced by ten native speakers …

The major goal of the present study is to provide a contribution to the enterprise of
increasing the ties between phonology and phonetics within linguistic theory. With this goal …

Words which are expected to contain the same surface string of segments may, under
identical prosodic circumstances, sometimes be realized with slight differences in duration …

Chomsky and Halle (1968) and many formal linguists rely on the notion of a universally
available phonetic space defined in discrete time. This assumption plays a central role in …

The sound pattern of Japanese, with its characteristic pitch accent system and rich
segmental alternations, has played an important role in modern phonology, from structuralist …

Within phonological theory a fundamental distinction is made between rules that are
neutralizing and those that are non-neutralizing. Recent experimental research has …

The covariation of onset f0 with voice onset time (VOT) was examined across and within
phonological voicing categories in two languages, English and Spanish. The results showed …

Earlier studies suggest that the neutralization of the voicing contrast in word pairs like Bund
and Bunt is incomplete, but further research is required to evaluate the competing …

This paper examines the phenomenon generally described as syllable-final laryngeal
neutralization and argues for an analysis based on a positive wellformedness constraint on …