K.Z. Kambuziya, Aliyeh, Zolfaghari Serish, Mehdi (2006). Sonority Hierarchy Principle in cvcc Syllable of Persian. , 13(1), 107-122.
Aliyeh K.Z. Kambuziya; Mehdi Zolfaghari Serish. "Sonority Hierarchy Principle in cvcc Syllable of Persian". , 13, 1, 2006, 107-122.
K.Z. Kambuziya, Aliyeh, Zolfaghari Serish, Mehdi (2006). 'Sonority Hierarchy Principle in cvcc Syllable of Persian', , 13(1), pp. 107-122.
K.Z. Kambuziya, Aliyeh, Zolfaghari Serish, Mehdi Sonority Hierarchy Principle in cvcc Syllable of Persian. , 2006; 13(1): 107-122.

Sonority Hierarchy Principle in cvcc Syllable of Persian

The International Journal of Humanities
Article 7, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-122    PDF (3.45 M)
Authors
Aliyeh K.Z. Kambuziya* 1; Mehdi Zolfaghari Serish2
1, Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Humanities, Linguistics Department
2Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Humanities, Linguistics Department
Abstract
In Persian, the only syllable type with consonant clusters is cvcc, where its coda can be filled with two consonants. The present article attempts to find whether these two consonant conform the sonority sequencing principle or not. For this reason, the Persian words with cvcc syllable type are gathered from Persian dictionaries and are classified based on the vowel filling the nucleus of the syllables and the consonants in the first or second slot of the coda and the following results were obtained:

a. Sonority sequencing principle is confirmed in clusters nuclei are /i,u,a/.
b. Sonority sequencing principle is rejected in clusters with vowels /æ, e,o/.
c. Based on sonority sequencing principle, vowels in Persian make up two natural classes namely / æ, e,o/ and /i,u,a/.
Keywords
Syllable; Coda; Nucleus; Sonority Sequencing Principle
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