<OT> New Posting: ROA-1034

[roa at ruccs.rutgers.edu]

ROA 1034-0609

Assimilation, antigemination, and contingent optionality: the phonology of monoconsonantal proclitics in Polish

Bozena Pajak <bpajak at ling.ucsd.edu>
Eric Bakovic <bakovic at ling.ucsd.edu>

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=1034


Abstract:
Baković (2005) analyzes the avoidance of 'sufficiently
similar' adjacent consonants as the interaction of independent
antigemination and assimilation processes. We present evidence
from the phonology of monoconsonantal proclitics in Polish
in support of the primary consequence of this analysis,
that any conditions on antigemination or assimilation will
also be conditions on 'sufficient similarity' avoidance.
These conditions concern the segmental contexts in which
geminates are disallowed in Polish and the variability of
one of the assimilation processes involved. The analysis
is further corroborated by the coincidence of two changes
in progress: as the rate of variable assimilation has gone
down, so has the rate of 'sufficient similarity' avoidance.

Comments: To appear in NLLT.
Keywords: antigemination, epenthesis, assimilation, variation, change, Polish
Areas: Phonology
Type: Journal Article

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=1034