Stricture In Feature Geometry

This work is an indepth investigation into the interaction of place ofarticulation features and constriction degree features stricture featuresin phonological p... » 

This work is an indepth investigation into the interaction of place ofarticulation features and constriction degree features stricture featuresin phonological processes. The central claim a development of Feature Geometrytheory is that place features and oral stricture features like consonantal andcontinuant form a phonological unit called the articulator group. Thisproposal finds motivation in a wide range of empirical areas including placeassimilation complex segment contrasts dissimilatory effects andspirantisation. Theoretical issues implicated include the organisation offeatures the understanding of the Obligatory Contour Principle featureunderspecification structure preservation effects and the phoneticsphonologyinterface. «