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Constituent structure and government in phonology*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2008

Jonathan Kaye ,
Jean Lowenstamm  and
Jean-Roger Vergnaud
Jonathan Kaye
Affiliation:
SOAS, University of London
Jean Lowenstamm
Affiliation:
UQAM
Jean-Roger Vergnaud
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
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Our aim in this paper is to address certain empirical and conceptual issues in the theory of Universal Phonology. Specifically, we will formulate a number of proposals aimed at characterising the notion ‘possible syllable' and ‘possible word'. The principles we will lay out follow from what we see as a unified theory of phonological government.

The introduction of the notion of multi-levelled representations, as well as the recognition of constituent structure organisation in phonology, has allowed for a shift from mainly segment-internal, paradigmatic considerations to the study of syntagmatic relations holding between phonological units. What is now required is nothing less than a syntax of phonological expressions.

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Phonological government
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Phonology , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , May 1990 , pp. 193 - 231
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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