The Havlík Pattern and Directional Lower
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics. The Second Cornell Meeting, 2009. |
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| Web | http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/@ntJppgDIYlbupZRC/FKvzNGsm?6 |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | vowel-zero alternations; Lower; Havlík; phase theory; Slavic |
| Description | The paper shows that the parametric variation between the Lower and the Havlík pattern which describe behaviour of vowel-zero alternations found in Slavic languages requires a view of the classical Lower rule that is directional: Lower must apply from right to left. |