The function of language is to transmit information from speakers
to listeners. This book investigates an aspect of linguistic sound
patterning that has traditionally been assumed to interfere with
this function - neutralization, a conditioned limitation on the
distribution of a language's contrastive values. The book provides
in-depth, nuanced and critical analyses of many theoretical
approaches to neutralization in phonology and argues for a strictly
functional characterization of the term: neutralizing alternations
are only function-negative to the extent that they derive
homophones, and most surprisingly, neutralization is often
function-positive, by serving as an aid to parsing. Daniel
Silverman encourages the reader to challenge received notions by
carefully considering these functional consequences of
neutralization. The book includes a glossary, discussion points and
lists of further reading to help advanced phonology students
consolidate the main ideas and findings on neutralization.
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