Items for "Government Phonology"

Obstruent devoicing and voice assimilation in Slovene

This paper examines final obstruent devoicing in Slovene within the framework of Government Phonology and argues that devoicing is loss of melodic material in unlicensed positions, typically at the end of words belonging to major categories (i.e...

Keywords: Government Phonology, Slovene, obstruent devoicing, voice assimilation, element L