archiphoneme

grammar

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In linguistics: Modifications in Chomsky’s grammar
…Prague school linguists labelled “archiphonemes,” being unspecified for any feature that is contextually redundant or predictable. For instance, the first segment of the phonological representation of “man” will not include the feature [+ voice]; because nasal consonants are always phonetically voiced in this position in English, the feature [+…
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