| ROA: | 981 |
| Title: | Variation and opacity in Singapore English consonant clusters |
| Authors: | Arto Anttila, Vivienne Fong, Stefan Benus, Jennifer Nycz |
| Comment: | To appear in Phonology 25.2 |
| Length: | 36 |
| Abstract: | Singapore English consonant clusters undergo phonological processes that exhibit variation and opacity. Quantitative evidence shows that these patterns are genuine and systematic. Two main conclusions emerge. First, a small set of phonological constraints yields a typological structure (T-order) that captures the quantitative patterns, independently of specific assumptions about how the grammar represents variation. Second, the evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that phonological opacity has only one source: the interleaving of phonology and morphology. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
| Area/Keywords: | Phonology |
| Article: | Version 1
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