Reassessing the Role of Syllable Italian Phonology: An Experimental Study Consonant Cluster Syllabification, Definite Article Allomorphy, and Segment Duration in Bloomington, MN

This book evaluates the predictions of syllable-based analyses of Italian in three domains: native speaker intuition of consonant cluster syllabification, definite article allomorphy, and segment duration, and tests the claimed convergence of multiple phenomena on the same syllable structure.