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When Diachrony Meets Synchrony. Phonological Change, Phonological Variation And Optimal Paradigms, Clàudia Pons-Moll
When Diachrony Meets Synchrony. Phonological Change, Phonological Variation And Optimal Paradigms, Clàudia Pons-Moll
Clàudia Pons-Moll
General goals. This paper has three goals. First, it aims to illustrate how the problems derived from access to intricate diachronic empirical data can sometimes be informed by a careful look at interdialectal microvariation, in that this linguistic microvariation can sometimes help to explain why a phonological process applies or has applied. Second, it intends to show how some of the machineries developed within Optimality Theory to account for synchronic surface resemblances between the members of an inflectional paradigm can be applied to account for phonological change. Third, it attempts to demonstrate how the analysis of phonological change and linguistic …
Rara Afis, Rara Avis. O Del Comportament Fonològic Especial De Les Friactives Labiodentals En Català, Clàudia Pons-Moll, Maria-Rosa Lloret, Jesús Jiménez
Rara Afis, Rara Avis. O Del Comportament Fonològic Especial De Les Friactives Labiodentals En Català, Clàudia Pons-Moll, Maria-Rosa Lloret, Jesús Jiménez
Clàudia Pons-Moll
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