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Contribution to Book
Phonology, Optimality Theory: Modern Hebrew
Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (2013)
  • Michal Temkin Martinez, Boise State University
Abstract
This encyclopedia entry shows how Optimality Theory (OT hereafter; Prince and Smolensky 1993) may be applied to the phonology of Modern Hebrew, treating the spirantization of the 'bgdkpt' consonants as a case study.
Keywords
  • phonology,
  • optimality,
  • Modern Hebrew,
  • spirantization,
  • variation
Publication Date
2013
Editor
Geoffrey Khan
Publisher
Brill
ISBN
978-90-04-17642-3
Publisher Statement
This is not an official publisher's offprint, but rather the author's final draft of the publication.
Citation Information
Michal Temkin Martinez. "Phonology, Optimality Theory: Modern Hebrew" LeidenEncyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics Vol. 3 (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michal_martinez/19/