ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS (OR WHY PHONETICS IS NOT PHONOLOGY)

Amalia Arvaniti
University of California, San Diego

ID 1740
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In this presentation, I argue that unifying phonetics and phonology in the grammar has undesirable consequences. Evidence for this position is provided from various sources, but focuses on intonation, an area of linguistic structure that has often been viewed as not requiring an abstract phonological representation.