principle of locality

English

Noun

principle of locality

  1. (phonology) The principle that well-formedness of syllables can only be derived from syllable-internal information.
    • 1993, Hesse, R., Imyan Phonology, page 34:
      One would expect to find nasal codas followed by any consonant class (stop, continuant, or sonorant), as is the case with liquid codas. If nasal-stop clusters are heterosyllabic, this restriction that the nasal be followed by a stop violates the principle of Locality.
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