| Lemma | Trisyllabic Laxing |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Kiparsky (2004) |
| Titolo | LEXICAL MORPHOLOGY AND PHONOLOGY |
| Sinonimi | trisyllabic shortening (inglese) |
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| Citazioni | [...] the most familiar English example of a rule which causes difficulties of the sort which are at issue here is Trysillabic Shortening (or Trisyllabic Laxing). This rule shortens a vowel if followed by at least two more vowels, of which the first is unstressed: (4) V → [-long]/_CoViCOVj where Vi is not metrically strong [...]. |