In this paper we propose that the traditional rhymal adjunct position of standard Government Phon... more In this paper we propose that the traditional rhymal adjunct position of standard Government Phonology should be replaced by an onset-specifier position, allowing a uniform interpretation of licensing and government relations within syllabic constituents. This approach appropriately models a number of generalisations regarding the distribution of postvocalic liquids in English and other languages, and can be fruitfully extended to other postvocalic consonants, such as nasals and /s/. #
In this paper we propose that the traditional rhymal adjunct position of standard Government Phon... more In this paper we propose that the traditional rhymal adjunct position of standard Government Phonology should be replaced by an onset-specifier position, allowing a uniform interpretation of licensing and government relations within syllabic constituents. This approach appropriately models a number of generalisations regarding the distribution of postvocalic liquids in English and other languages, and can be fruitfully extended to other
In this paper we propose that the traditional rhymal adjunct position of standard Government Phon... more In this paper we propose that the traditional rhymal adjunct position of standard Government Phonology should be replaced by an onset-specifier position, allowing a uniform interpretation of licensing and government relations within syllabic constituents. This approach appropriately models a number of generalisations regarding the distribution of postvocalic liquids in English and other languages, and can be fruitfully extended to other postvocalic consonants, such as nasals and /s/. #
In this paper we propose that the traditional rhymal adjunct position of standard Government Phon... more In this paper we propose that the traditional rhymal adjunct position of standard Government Phonology should be replaced by an onset-specifier position, allowing a uniform interpretation of licensing and government relations within syllabic constituents. This approach appropriately models a number of generalisations regarding the distribution of postvocalic liquids in English and other languages, and can be fruitfully extended to other
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