Formal and empirical issues in phonological typology
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Typological generalizations and universals are explicanda for linguistic theory, but they are themselves theory-dependent, for in order to be intelligible and falsifiable they must adhere to some explicit descriptive framework. This mutual dependency comes to a head at the margins of typological space, where reconciling typologies with descriptive frameworks and the analyses dictated by them can involve a labyrinth of choices. I explore a few of the tangled paths through it in the realm of syllable structure and vowel systems.
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