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Laryngeal realism and laryngeal relativism: Two voicing systems in Polish?

Publication date: 15.10.2011

Studies in Polish Linguistics, Volume 6 (2011), Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 45 - 80

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Eugeniusz Cyran
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
, Poland
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Laryngeal realism and laryngeal relativism: Two voicing systems in Polish?

Abstract

This paper argues against the ‘what you see is what you get’ bias in laryngeal phonology. It contains a new analysis of voicing in modern Polish, which incorporates phonetic interpretation into representation based phonology, and which assumes that the relation between the two aspects of sound systems is largely arbitrary. It is demonstrated that Polish in fact possesses two opposite laryngeal systems, corresponding to its two major dialects and yielding virtually identical phonetic facts, except for the phenomenon of Cracow sandhi voicing. 

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Information: Studies in Polish Linguistics, Volume 6 (2011), Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 45 - 80

Article type: Original article

Titles:

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Laryngeal realism and laryngeal relativism: Two voicing systems in Polish?

Polish:

Laryngalny realizm i laryngalny relatywizm: Dwa systemy dźwięczności w języku polskim?

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John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Poland

Published at: 15.10.2011

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