Final Consonant Clusters in Majorcan Catalan Verbs: The Resolution of Sonority Sequence Principle Violations through Cluster Simplification (original) (raw)
2010, Selected Proceedings of the 4th Laboratory …
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The study investigates the final consonant clusters in Majorcan Catalan (MC) first person singular present indicative verb forms, focusing on how these clusters often violate the Sonority Sequencing Principle (SSP). Unlike other Catalan dialects, MC retains ill-formed clusters without epenthesis. By analyzing speech data from thirty-five MC speakers and utilizing a multivariate statistical analysis, the work highlights patterns of cluster simplification as a resolution to SSP violations and discusses implications for understanding dialectal variances.
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