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ON THE PHONOLOGY OF THE SWEDISH VOWEL SYSTEM
Author(s) -
Linell Per
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
studia linguistica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1467-9582
pISSN - 0039-3193
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9582.1973.tb00594.x
Subject(s) - phonology , vowel , generative grammar , linguistics , phonological rule , computer science , philosophy
The aim of this paper is to analyze the phonological regularities and relationships within the Swedish vowel system. Particular attention will be paid to the vowel /U/, which offers special difficulties with its different variants (in, for example, gul, full, rutin ). I will argue that /U/ be considered as a phonologically (and also acoustically ‐perceptually) central vowel. The theoretical framework to be used is that of generative phonology. However, I will deviate from some of the dogmas of generative phonology in several important respects.