http://www.linguistics.stonybrook.edu/event/feed November 20, 2009 - December 20, 2009 en http://www.linguistics.stonybrook.edu/events/colloquium/2009/11/20/shigeto.kawahara <div class="start">Start: 11/20/2009 - 3:30pm</div> <div class="end">End: 11/20/2009 - 5:00pm</div> <p>Coda devoicing and perceptual similarity</p> <p>Languages resolve voiced obstruents in codas by devoicing but not by any other phonological means (i.e. nasalization, deletion or epenthesis). For example, the underlying /ab/ can become [ap], but not *[am], *[aba] or *[a]. Steriade (2001/2008) claims that (i) speakers maximize the similarity between inputs and outputs, assuming that (ii) devoicing yields an outcome that is most similar to the original form.<br /> In this talk, I present my recent attempts to test the premise of this hypothesis (clause (ii) above).</p> Rutgers Phonology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:59:57 -0500 http://www.linguistics.stonybrook.edu/events/colloquium/2009/12/04/esther.torrego <div class="start">Start: 12/04/2009 - 3:30pm</div> <div class="end">End: 12/04/2009 - 5:00pm</div> UMass Boston Syntax Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:44:35 -0400 http://www.linguistics.stonybrook.edu/events/brownbag/2009/12/09/julie.weisenberg <div class="start">Start: 12/09/2009 - 12:45pm</div> <div class="end">End: 12/09/2009 - 2:00pm</div> <p>In the seminar room (SBS S207)</p> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:59:19 -0400