The Special Status of Coronals: Internal and External Evidence

Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Introduction: Asymmetry and Visibility in Consonant Articulations


1. Background


2. Central Concepts


3. On the Special Status of Coronals


4. Some Theoretical Implications


5. Conclusion

References

Coronal Places of Articulation


1. Introduction


2. Terminology


3. Descriptions of Coronals


4. Features Proposed for Coronals


5. Discussion

References

Coronals and the Phonotactics of Nonadjacent Consonants in English


1. Introduction


2. Distinguishing MSCs from SSCs


3. The Underspecification of Coronals in English

References

Coronals, Consonant Clusters, and the Coda Condition


1. Introduction


2. The Special Behavior of Coronals: English


3. The Special Behavior of Coronals: Menomini


4. The Cluster Condition: Diola Fogny


5. Coronals Again: The Cluster Condition in Attic Greek


6. The Coda Condition and Place Features: Japanese


7. A Mixed Case: Finnish


8. Issues in Underspecification


9. Conclusions

References

Palatalization and Coronality


1. Introduction


2. Palatalization and the Representation of Coronal


3. An Alternative Solution


4. Palatalization and Secondary Articulation


5. Conclusion

References

On the Relationship between Laterality and Coronality


1. Introduction


2. Assumptions


3. The SV Hypothesis


4. The Coronal Properties


5. Conclusion

References

Consonant Harmony Systems: The Special Status of Coronal Harmony


1. Introduction


2. Cross-Linguistic Survey of Consonant Harmony


3. Theoretical Framework


4. Harmony Systems and the Scansion Parameter


5. Consonant Harmony across Place of Articulation


6. Chumash Coronal Harmony


7. Tahltan Coronal Harmony


8. Conclusions

References

On the Universality of the Coronal Articulator


1. Introduction


2. Two Theories for the Place Node


3. The Coronal Node in Sanskrit


4. Korean Place Assimilation


5. On the Universality of the Articulator Nodes

References

The Underspecification of Coronals: Evidence from Language Acquisition and Performance Errors


1. Introduction


2. Something versus Nothing


3. Coronals in Speech Errors


4. Coronals in Child Phonology


5. Other Explanations


6. Discussion and Conclusions

References

On the Special Status of Coronals in Aphasia


1. Introduction


2. Method


3. Segmental Representation


4. Substitutions and Consonant Harmonies: Predictions


5. Consonant Epenthesis and Syncopation Processes


6. Coronal Transparency in Vowel Spreading


7. Conclusion

References

Index