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"The syllable has always been a key concept in generative linguistics : the rules, representations, parameters, or constraints posited in diverse frameworks of theoretical phonology and morphology all make reference to this fundamental unit of prosodic structure. No less central…
Oostendorp first provides evidence for the constraint CONNECT(N, lax) and discusses the interaction of this constraint with phenomena of vowel length. He then discusses schwa (the empty vowel) in Dutch, French, and Norwegian, showing that this vowel shows a defective behavior at…
Theory of Syllabification and Segmental Alternation: With Studies on the Phonology of French, German, Tonkawa and Yawelmani (Linguistische Arbeiten).