Segmental Faithfulness to Semantic Heads in Novel Spanish Blends
In an experiment testing segmental faithfulness using novel blends in Spanish, we find that segments from a blend’s semantic head are preserved at the expense of segments from the nonhead. These results replicate and extend previous results from English, confirming that the semantic head can functi...
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In an experiment testing segmental faithfulness using novel blends in Spanish, we find that segments from a blend’s semantic head are preserved at the expense of segments from the nonhead. These results replicate and extend previous results from English, confirming that the semantic head can function as a phonologically strong position. More broadly, these findings contribute to evidence that factors beyond phonetic salience are able to motivate phonological privilege.
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| spelling | doaj-art-4c5703deb4df41cb94af7d88992f461a2025-08-20T02:11:09ZcatUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCatalan Journal of Linguistics1695-68852014-97192025-02-0124110.5565/rev/catjl.471Segmental Faithfulness to Semantic Heads in Novel Spanish BlendsMetta Crouse0Jennifer L. Smith1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3569-4017Katya Pertsova2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8980-4838University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill In an experiment testing segmental faithfulness using novel blends in Spanish, we find that segments from a blend’s semantic head are preserved at the expense of segments from the nonhead. These results replicate and extend previous results from English, confirming that the semantic head can function as a phonologically strong position. More broadly, these findings contribute to evidence that factors beyond phonetic salience are able to motivate phonological privilege. https://revistes.uab.cat/catjl/article/view/471blend phonologyemergent effectspositional faithfulnesssemantic headexperimental phonology |
| spellingShingle | Metta Crouse Jennifer L. Smith Katya Pertsova Segmental Faithfulness to Semantic Heads in Novel Spanish Blends Catalan Journal of Linguistics blend phonology emergent effects positional faithfulness semantic head experimental phonology |
| title | Segmental Faithfulness to Semantic Heads in Novel Spanish Blends |
| title_full | Segmental Faithfulness to Semantic Heads in Novel Spanish Blends |
| title_fullStr | Segmental Faithfulness to Semantic Heads in Novel Spanish Blends |
| title_full_unstemmed | Segmental Faithfulness to Semantic Heads in Novel Spanish Blends |
| title_short | Segmental Faithfulness to Semantic Heads in Novel Spanish Blends |
| title_sort | segmental faithfulness to semantic heads in novel spanish blends |
| topic | blend phonology emergent effects positional faithfulness semantic head experimental phonology |
| url | https://revistes.uab.cat/catjl/article/view/471 |
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