Research conducted under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. (DD)

The main purpose of this study is to fill a gap in the literature on the Mixtec language of Mexico by describing, systematically and completely, the grammar of the Jicaltepec dialect of the language. A subsidiary aim is that of collecting in one place and within a unified theoretical framework, phonological information about Mixtec that had…

This first English edition of Trubetzkoy's classic work, translated by Christiane A.M. Baltaxe, treats some 200 phonological systems attested in the world's languages. Central to the book is the author's "Theory of Distinctiveness" which states that there are certain minimal distinctive phonic properties that appear to be universal…

Argues that the generative-phonological view of linguistic competence is a highly speculative theory supported by a limited number of disparate arguments. (Author/AM)

A survey of research in the history of the "h-aspire" in French. It is suggested that a synchronic rule of h-deletion never existed and a synchronic rule of insertion existed only in Old French. The evolution of liaison is compared to that of "h-aspire." Questions are raised for further study. (AMH)

Discusses the role of the phoneme in generative phonology. (VM)

This paper considers morphophonemic changes that take place in verbal stem formation in Gude, a Chadic language of Nigeria. It is necessary to assign the classificatory features of the phonology to syllables rather than to single segments. (CK)

This treatise on the theoretical and historical foundations of distinctive feature theory traces the evolution of the distinctive features concept in the context of related notions current in linguistic theory, discusses the evolution of individual distinctive features, and criticizes certain acoustic and perceptual correlates attributed to these…

This article describes morphophonemic elements in Mazahua, a language of the Otomian family of Central Mexico. The study makes use of the theoretical and notational framework of generative phonology. (CLK)

The stress patterns of Aragonese are examined within the framework of generative phonology, based on data taken from the traditional works of Haensch, Badia Margarit, and Alvar Lopez. Stress placement is shown to be regular. Two sets of rules which account for the data are compared. In the preferred solution, a penultimate stress rule, a rule of…

This paper proposes a set of underlying vowels, alternate to those of Chomsky and Halle, to account for vowel alternations. This phonetic representational system, which is to a degree an extension of Chomsky's and Halle's basic framework, is demonstrated in the Laxing Rule and the Vowel Alternation Rule for all vowel variables. An appendix…