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The Segmental and Superasegmental Status of Preaspiration in Modern Icelandic*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Kristján Árnason
Kristján Árnason
Affiliation:
Háskóli Islands, Málvísindastofnun. Árnagarδi viδ Suδurgötu 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
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Abstract

The paper discusses the historical origin, present day distribution and prosodic status of preaspiration in Icelandic. Having developed as a movement of the openness of the glottis, originally a feature of “hard” stops, towards the nucleus of the stressed syllable, its distribution must be accounted for by a “segmental” rule operating on historical (underlying) hard stops. Its status with respect to length and stress is, however, shown to be that of a prosody of the nucleus of the Modern Icelandic syllable, since it carries length when the syllable is stressed. The development of preaspiration is seen as a part of a more general rule also responsible for voiceless sonorants and fricatives in the nucleus.

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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , June 1986 , pp. 1 - 23
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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