%0 Journal Article
%T Contrastive hierarchies, privative features, and Portuguese vowels
%A Joaquim Brand£¿o de Carvalho
%J Lingu¨ªstica : Revista de Estudos Lingu¨ªsticos da Universidade do Porto
%D 2011
%I Universidade do Porto
%X Dresher¡¯s (2009) Contrastive hierarchy theory (CHT) is intended to provide a unified account of both sides of phonological primes: contrastivity and behaviour. This article explores the point and the possibility of extending CHT, which is based on binary features, to a system of monovalent elements that is much indebted to Schane¡¯s (1984) Particle Phonology. It shows how several aspects of the phonology of European Portuguese nuclei that seem prima facie independent from one another ¨C such as reduction patterns and the inventory of diphthongs and nasal vowels ¨C are constrained by element hierarchy, and, thus, receive a unitary account.
%K Phonological primitives
%K feature geometry
%K contrastive hierarchy
%K monovalent features
%K vowel systems
%K Portuguese phonology.
%U http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/9913.pdf