ABSTRACT
F o o t n o t e s .................................................. 160
CHAPTER II THE SEGMENTAL PHRASE PHONOLOGY OF ENGLISH. 176
1. I n t r od u ct i on.......................................... 176 2. Vowel Reduction and Vowel L o s s ..................... 178
2.1 R e d u c t i o n .................................. 178
2.2 E l i s i o n ........................................... 179
2.3 Syllabic Sonorants ............................. 181 3. Consonant Assimilations ........................... 183
3.1 Nasal Place Assimilation ..................... 183
3.2 Voicing Assimilation .......................... 186
3.3 Coronal Assimilations .......................... 187
4. Consonant Elisions ................................... 190
4.1 Glide D e l e t i o n ................................. 190 4.2 /v/ D e l e t i o n .................................... 191 4.3 Elisions of /t/ and / d / ........................ 192 4.3.1 The Three Consonant R u l e s ................... 192
4.3.2 Glo ttali za t i o n ........................ 195
4.3.3 Medial Allophones of / t/ and /d / .. 197
F o o t n o t e s .................................................. 202
CHAPTER III THE SYNTAX OF LIAISON IN F R E N C H ......... 205
1. Introductory Comments .............................. 205
2. Conversation Familière: Style I .................. 210
3. Conversation Soignee: Style II ..................... 229
4. Lecture et Discours: Style I I I ........................ 232
4.1 The Noun P h r a s e .................................. 234
4.2 The Adjective P h r a s e ........................... 239
4.3 The Verb P h r a s e .................................. 243
4.3.1 The Non-Verbal Complements of the Verb . . 243
4.3.2 Liaison and the Theory of T r a c e s .. 246
4.3.3 The Verbal Complements of the Verb . . . . 255 5. The Basic Syntax of L i a i s o n ........................ 271
5.1 Summary of R u l e s ................................. 271
5.2 Two Special C a s e s ................................ 274
5.2.1 C o n j u n c t i o n s .......................... 274
5.2.2 Pronominal Non-Clitic Noun Phrases . . . . 278
6. The Stylistic A p p r o a c h ................................ 281
F o o t n o t e s .................................................. 284
CHAPTER IV THE PHONOLOGY OF L I A I S O N ................... 299
1. Truncation and Final Consonant Deletion ......... 300
1.1 Their Environments .............................. 300 1.2 On Halle’s Suggestion for a New Notational
C o n v e n t i o n ...................................... 309
1.3 Exce p t i o n s to TRUNC and F C D E L ................ 315
2. Dell on Trunca13 on/Final Consonant Deletion . . . 318 2.1 I n t r o d u c t i o n ................................... 318
2.2 Liaison as M e t a t h e s i s .......................... 320 2.3 Truncation and the Traits of Exceptional 326
Final Consonants ............................... 2.4 Certain Theoretical Drawbacks ................ 334
3. Nasalization, ER-Conversion , and Transformational Machinery in Phonology ............................... 335
3.1 N a s a l i z a t i o n ................................... 335
3.2 E R - C o n v e r s i o n .................................... 343
3.3 Transformational Machinery in Phonology . . . 351
4. Harmony, Singular Person Deletion and the Derived Structure of Inverted Questions ......... 358
4.1 H a r m o n y ........................................... 358
4.2 The Derived Structure of Subject-Clitic I n v e r s i o n ........................................ 361
4.3 Singular Person Deletion ..................... 363
5. Closed Syllable Adjustment .......................... 367 6. A Review of the R u l e s ............................... 375
6.1 Their D o m a i n s .................................... 375
6.2 Their Form and Manner of Application . . . . 379
F o o t n o t e s .................................................. 382
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