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List of contents
1. Introduction1.1 Aim and Theoretical Framework1.2 Why the Syllable?1.2.1 The role of the syllable in phonological theory1.2.2 Optimality theory and syllable structure1.3 Current issues in Optimality theory and Spanish1.4 The phonological system of Spanish1.5 Overview of the book2. Syllable types and phonotactics2.1 Basic syllable types2.2 Segments and the syllable2.2.1 The sonority contour2.2.2. Segments and syllabic positions2.2.2.1 Segments in the syllable coda2.2.2.1.1 Word-medial codas2.2.2.1.2 Word-final codas2.2.2.1.3 Complex codas2.3 SummaryStudy QuestionsGoing Back to the SourcesKey TopicsTopics for Further Research3. Syllabification across words3.1 Resyllabification3.2 Diphthongization across words3.2.1 Diphthongization across words: Peninsular3.2.2 Diphthongization across words: Chicano3.2.2.1 OT analysis3.2.2.2 Comparison with a serial account3.3 SummaryStudy QuestionsGoing Back to the SourcesKey TopicsTopics for Further Research4. The syllable and morphological constituents4.1. Domain of syllabification in derivational models4.2. Domain of syllabification in an OT account: Accounting for onset-strengthening,r-strengthening, nasal velarization and s-aspiration4.2.1 S-aspiration4.2.2. Velarization of coda nasals4.2.3 Onset strengthening4.2.4 R-strengthening4.3 SummaryStudy QuestionsGoing Back to the SourcesKey TopicsTopics for Further Research5. 'Repair' mechanisms and 'structure improvement': epenthesis and deletion5.1 Epenthesis5.1.1 Word-final epenthesis?5.1.2 Plural epenthesis5.1.3 Epenthesis in Dominican 'double' plurals5.1.4 Word-initial epenthesis5.1.5 Epenthesis in diminutives5.2 Deletion and neutralization of contrast5.3 SummaryStudy QuestionsGoing Back to the SourcesKey TopicsTopics for Further Research6. ConclusionReferencesAppendicesGlossary of constraintsSummary of constraint rankings
About the author
Sonia Colina is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona. She is coeditor of Optimality-Theoretic Studies in Spanish Phonology and author of Translation Teaching: From Research to the Classroom.
