| ROA: | 458 |
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| Title: | A Typology of Consonant Agreement as Correspondence |
| Authors: | Sharon Rose, Rachel Walker |
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| Length: | 49 |
| Abstract: | Assimilation or agreement between consonants at a distance has two key properties. First, it preferentially targets similar consonants and second, intervening segments do not participate. It is argued that this agreement arises through correspondence relations between consonants rather than via feature spreading, allowing for a unified analysis of feature spreading as strictly local. Similarity of consonants plays a central role in determining which consonants stand in correspondence. A typology of consonant agreement reveals four main classes: nasal, laryngeal, coronal and liquid. Case studies of nasal agreement and laryngeal agreement are presented and the implications of the proposal for coronal agreement are discussed. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
| Area/Keywords: | Phonology |
| Article: | Version 1 |