Proceeding from the assumption that all languages are equally complex, there exists a corollary, widely held but poorly documented, herein referred to as the negative correlation hypothesis...
Keywords: complexity, inflection, inflectional synthesis, morphology, phonology, syllable
07/2006 | Linguistic Typology, Walter de GruyterThis paper presents an analysis of a sample of intentional deviations from the typical stress pattern of German words...
Keywords: phonology, lexical stress, German, emphasis, stress retraction, stress advancement
01/2008 | Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, Walter de GruyterIn recent years there has been an interest in the phenomenon of Similar Place Avoidance (SPA), particularly as concerns Arabic CCC radicals...
Keywords: consonant co-occurrence, dissimilation, Obligatory Contour Principle, phonology, place of articulation, root, Similar Place Avoidance, word
10/2007 | Linguistic Typology, Walter de Gruyter