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German fricatives: coda devoicing or positional faithfulness?*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2009

Jill Beckman ,
Michael Jessen  and
Catherine Ringen
Jill Beckman
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Michael Jessen
Affiliation:
Bundeskriminalamt, Wiesbaden
Catherine Ringen
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
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Abstract

In this paper we show how Jessen & Ringen's (2002) analysis of voicing in German stops can be extended to account for the voicing of German fricatives. It is argued that while stops in German contrast for the feature [spread glottis], fricatives contrast for [voice] (and [spread glottis]). Our analysis, which involves presonorant faithfulness, is compared to an analysis with coda devoicing. We show that the two analyses make crucially different predictions, and present experimental evidence in support of the presonorant faithfulness analysis. The experimental results show considerable variation, which can be accommodated in our OT analysis.

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Phonology , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , August 2009 , pp. 231 - 268
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