There is no simple discovery procedure for determining phonological syllable structure (which, li... more There is no simple discovery procedure for determining phonological syllable structure (which, like phonological representations in general, may not be in a one-to-one relationship with systematic phonetic syllabification, and which may not necessarily conform to native speaker intuitions about syllable division). The nature of the mechanism which assigns syllabification (defines possible syllables) for a given language is an empirical hypothesis, whose confirmation depends on the extent to which linguistically significant generalizations can be expressed under it (Feinstein 1979: 255).
... epenthetic syllables in Barra Gaelic represent a case in which his-torically epenthetic, yet ... more ... epenthetic syllables in Barra Gaelic represent a case in which his-torically epenthetic, yet prominent syllables bearinformation previously specified on less prominent neighboring syllables. 1. Introduction Most Hebridean dialects of ScottishGaelic have historically epenthesized ...
... to seek out the ―best‖ representatives of local speech varieties, depending on the linguistic... more ... to seek out the ―best‖ representatives of local speech varieties, depending on the linguistic demographics of each area, semi-speakers as well as ... This corresponds to evidence provided in Ó Murchú's 1989 study of East Perthshire Gaelic, which draws heavily on data from the ...
There is no simple discovery procedure for determining phonological syllable structure (which, li... more There is no simple discovery procedure for determining phonological syllable structure (which, like phonological representations in general, may not be in a one-to-one relationship with systematic phonetic syllabification, and which may not necessarily conform to native speaker intuitions about syllable division). The nature of the mechanism which assigns syllabification (defines possible syllables) for a given language is an empirical hypothesis, whose confirmation depends on the extent to which linguistically significant generalizations can be expressed under it (Feinstein 1979: 255).
... epenthetic syllables in Barra Gaelic represent a case in which his-torically epenthetic, yet ... more ... epenthetic syllables in Barra Gaelic represent a case in which his-torically epenthetic, yet prominent syllables bearinformation previously specified on less prominent neighboring syllables. 1. Introduction Most Hebridean dialects of ScottishGaelic have historically epenthesized ...
... to seek out the ―best‖ representatives of local speech varieties, depending on the linguistic... more ... to seek out the ―best‖ representatives of local speech varieties, depending on the linguistic demographics of each area, semi-speakers as well as ... This corresponds to evidence provided in Ó Murchú's 1989 study of East Perthshire Gaelic, which draws heavily on data from the ...
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