Revista de Estudos da Linguagem

7-8

Authors: César Reis

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43-73

Authors: César Reis

This paper analyses coarticulation process that occurs when onevoiceless alveolar fricative follows another alveolar voiceless fricativewith a word boundary between them and when one alveolar voicelessfricative follows a voiceless post-alveolar fricative with also a wordboundary between them. In order to do that, we utilized theelectropalatographic and spectrographic techniques. The resultsindicate that, in the context /s # s/, the sequence had the same acousticand electropalatographic characteristics as the voiceless alveolarfricative in initial syllable position, but the sequence /s # S/ presenteddifferent characteristics from both the voiceless alveolar fricativeand the voiceless post-alveolar fricatives.

97-111

Authors: Raquel M. Fontes Martins

This work argues about the variation in the behavior of the individualin a probabilistic approach in phonology, analyzing the applicabilityof some phonological phenomena between the individuals evaluatedhere. We argue in accordance to the theoretical referencial that weadopt – Usage Based Phonology (BYBEE, 2001), Exemplars Model(PIERREHUMBERT, 2001) and Probabilistic Linguistics (BOD; HAY;JANNEDY, 2003) – that the organization of the linguistic componentis based on multiple representations, linked in nets and regulated byprobabilistic criteria. Amongst others, we make an analysis of thewords in study and show that words related to a specific phenomenoncan have different levels of accomplishment.

127-146

Authors: Izabel Cristina Campolina Miranda; Daniela Mara Lima Oliveira Guimarães

Generative models explain the development of a child’s phonologicalsystem in terms of processes and rules, assuming that the mentalrepresentation of phonological knowledge is abstract. On the otherhand, Usage Based Phonology and Exemplar Models argue that mentalrepresentation is composed of multiple exemplars which include thephonetic detail and phonological variation. One contribution of ExemplarModel is to show that child uses fine acoustic detail to reach theadult target. The aim of this paper is to point out the contributions ofMulti-representational Models to phonological acquisitioncomprehension. We analyze the acquisition of variable patterns inBrazilian Portuguese. Results show evidence of phonetic and lexicalgradience. We argue that multi-representational models can capturethe gradual and dynamic nature of phonological acquisition.

167-186

Authors: Gisela Collinschonn

Recent generative phonology is witnessing a debate between severalproposals concerning the solution of the opacity problem. “Opacity”refers to generalizations that are not superficially detectable – whichare explained in derivational phonology by applying ordered applicationof rules. In Optimality Theory, the opacity issue attracts special interest,since this theory abandons rules altogether, such as intermediaterepresentations and derivational stages between input and output. Asfor the responses to the opacity issue, some propose a return in OTto derivational levels, similar to the components of Lexical Phonology(KIPARSKY, 2000; RUBACH, 2000; ITÔ; MESTER, 2003). Thesesolutions give up full parallelism, since evaluation of well-formedness isrealized in a staged form. Other solutions maintain parallelism and appealto other resources of the theory to account for the issue, like conjoinedconstraints (KIRCHNER, 1996; McCARTHY, 1999), specializationsof correspondence constraints (Sympathy Theory) or markednessconstraints (Comparative Markedness Theory). Some of these alternativesolutions are, in some way, derivational or almost derivational(MCARTHY, 2006, p.5), because they appeal to an intermediate formto influence the output. In this paper, we discuss two phenomenafrom European Portuguese in which interaction is opaque. The analysisis restricted to counter-feeding opacity and focalizes an accountaccording to Comparative Markedness (McCARTHY, 2002a). Additionally,we discuss some of the implications of this account, relative to theRichness of the Base postulate, and some predictions concerningthe possibility of interaction with other processes.

207-228

Authors: Thaïs Cristófaro Silva; Leonardo Almeida; Christine Guedri

A number of recent works has shown that linguistic representationsincorporate redundant information which plays an important role inlinguistic systems. Works on experimental phonetics and along thelines of Laboratory Phonology indicate the gradual nature of phoneticrepresentations (BROWMAN; GOLDSTEIN, 1992; ZSIGA, 1995;ALBANO, 2001; BYBEE, 2001, 2002; PIERREHUMBERT, 2001).This paper follows this line of research by investigating plural loss inBrazilian Portuguese. We will investigate lenition in BrazilianPortuguese plural forms that end in a sibilant, as in mês ‘month’whose plural form is meses ‘months’. This paper offers evidencefor the gradual implementation of phonetic changes by showing thatthe loss of a morphological category (plural) leaves traces in thecontinuum of speech in the form of compensatory lengthening.