Historical phonology should be conducted with a basis in phonetics
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2016
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Linguistics
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In this thesis, I demonstrate that Articulatory Phonology, a theory of phonological representation,
can be fruitfully combined with Optimality Theory, currently the most widespread
theory of phonological processes, to describe sound change. I argue that this combination is
suited for explaining sound change because it is firmly grounded in the physical movements
of the mouth - meaning that only those sound changes which are natural can occur. As an
example of this approach, I analyze the development of Icelandic preaspirated stops from Old
Norse unvoiced geminates as an example of constraint promotion and interaction, and find
that just a few, wholly natural constraint rankings are necessary to produce the typologically
rare subsystem that can be observed in the Icelandic oral stops.