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Direct linkBecker, Michael; Nevins, Andrew; Levine, Jonathan – Language, 2012
In the English lexicon, laryngeal alternations in the plural (e.g. "leaf" ~ "leaves") impact monosyllables more than finally stressed polysyllables. This is the opposite of what happens typologically, and would thereby run contrary to the predictions of "initial-syllable faithfulness." Despite the lexical pattern, in a wug test we found…
Descriptors: Evidence, Phonology, Dictionaries, Language Acquisition
