2018/04/01 by Markus A. Pöchtrager · 1 citation
Psychology · Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Phonetics and Phonology Research #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
paper · pdf · doi:10.1556/2062.2018.65.1.3
openalex publication_date 2018/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
This article argues that vowel reduction can be insightfully understood by reinterpreting openness as structural instead of melodic (i.e., mediated by an element). This allows for a unified account of various reduction phenomena in different languages and also extends to lenition in consonants. The proposal made here is couched within Government Phonology 2.0, a further development of Government Phonology.