An integrated approach to French liaison
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چکیده
Consonant liaison at word boundaries in French is the result of a complex interplay of grammatical and extragrammatical factors. In this paper we offer a descriptive overview of syntactic factors influencing liaison. We provide a detailed analysis in the framework of HPSG, that integrates the morphophonological and syntactic conditions governing this feature of French grammar. Although we do not directly model other factors influencing liaison (such as frequency effects, prosodic considerations, or sociolinguistic variables) our analysis is modular enough to accommodate additional conditions resulting from more complete empirical studies.
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