ZHENG Jizheng, & Jeroen van de Weijer. (2013). An OT Analysis of Nasal-obstruent Clusters in English. 外国语, 36(06), 2-17.
摘要:This paper argues in favor of an Optimality Theory(OT)constraint hierarchy governing the phonotactics of nasal+obstruent clusters in English.The paper shows that in careful speech English has a strong tendency favoring voiceless obstruents after nasals both in medial and coda positions,and retains a...
关键词:English phonotactics, Optimality Theory, constraint hierarchy, nasal-obstruent clusters, language change, informal speech style