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SUMMARY:Phonological Representations and the Chimeric Behavior of Glides -
  Andrew Nevins\, Asst Professor of Linguistics\, Harvard University
DTSTART:20070514T130000Z
DTEND:20070514T143000Z
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CONTACT:Bert Vaux
DESCRIPTION:Are glides just second-class versions of vowels? If so\, why d
 oes the\nglide [y] sometimes become [k] in varieties of Greek and Romance?
  Why\ndoes the glide [w] sometimes become [m]? Moreover\, why are glides\n
 skipped over in vowel harmony\, even though they would seem to involve\nth
 e same articulatory gestures? In this talk\, based on Nevins &\nChitoran (
 2007)\, i will propose that glides are mentally represented\nas neither vo
 wels nor consonants\, have their own constriction degree\,\nand have two D
 esignated Articulatory organs. The interaction of the\nlogic of abstract b
 inary featural representations together with\nrepresentational notions suc
 h as constrastivity and representational\nsimplification yield this typolo
 gy of puzzling patterns.\n
LOCATION:Media Centre (room 142) of the Raised Faculty Building\, Sidgwick
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