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  • Notes on symbols
  • 1 Introduction and orientation
  • 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 Background and theoretical orientation
  • 1.2 Sources of data
  • 1.3 Arrangement of the chapters
  • 2 Definition and phonological status of prenasalization
  • 2.0 Introduction
  • 2.1 The problem of definition
  • 2.2 Phonological markedness
  • 2.3 Summary
  • 2.4 Notes
  • 3 Prenasalized consonants: Units or clusters?
  • 3.0 Introduction
  • 3.1 Strategy of determination
  • 3.2 General considerations
  • 3.3 Syllable structure considerations
  • 3.4 Motivation for a feature analysis
  • 3.5 Summary
  • 3.6 Notes.
  • 4 Formal representation of prenasalized consonants
  • 4.0 Introduction
  • 4.1 Formal representation
  • 4.2 Feature analyses: Theoretical considerations
  • 4.3 Phonetic vector specifications
  • 4.4 Summary
  • 4.5 Notes
  • 5 Phonetic evidence for a cluster analyses
  • 5.0 Introduction
  • 5.1 Vowel quality
  • 5.2 Vowel nasality
  • 5.3 Vowel quantity
  • 5.4 Syllabicity alternations
  • 5.5 Summary
  • 5.6 Notes
  • 6 A derivational model for nasal-oral unification
  • 6.0 Introduction
  • 6.1 Theoretical background
  • 6.2 Relationship of phonetic processes and unification
  • 6.3 Derivational model.
  • 6.4 Initial prenasalization and unification: An alternative model
  • 6.5 Summary
  • 6.6 Notes
  • 7 Prenasalized consonants: Processes of origin
  • 7.0 Introduction
  • 7.1 Nasal abutment
  • 7.2 Environmental shielding processes
  • 7.3 Shielding within clusters
  • 7.4 Spurious, spontaneous, and intrusive nasalization
  • 7.5 Some problematic cases
  • 7.6 Summary
  • 7.7 Notes
  • 8 Phonetic processes in derivation
  • 8.0 Introduction
  • 8.1 Processes affecting oral consonants
  • 8.2 Processes affecting nasal consonants
  • 8.3 Summary
  • 8.4 Gemination of consonants and prenasalization
  • 8.5 Notes.
  • 9 Implications and conclusions
  • 9.0 Introduction
  • 9.1 Explaining markedness
  • 9.2 Universals in reconstruction
  • 9.3 Implications and directions for future research
  • 9.4 Summary
  • 9.5 Notes
  • References.