ROA: | 545 |
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Title: | Labial Unmarkedness in Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole |
Authors: | Elizabeth Hume, Georgios Tserdanelis |
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Length: | 12 |
Abstract: | In this squib we introduce new language data into the debate concerning the markedness of place of articulation. The data concerns a process of assimilation in Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole where coronal patterns as more marked than both labial and dorsal. The pattern is of particular significance since it provides a clear example of a language in which labial patterns as unmarked, thus leading us to the conclusion that labial, in addition to (at least) coronal and dorsal, must also be included in the set of possible unmarked places of articulation. Implications of the SLPC pattern for structure- and constraint-based accounts of markedness are discussed. |
Type: | Paper/tech report |
Area/Keywords: | Phonology |
Article: | Version 1 |