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When nothing exists: The role of zero in the prosodic hierarchy,Used
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Zero () has been a phonological tool for over a century used to explain linguistic phenomena where languagespecific rules either under or overapply. This tool has often been argued to be 'dangerous' since it gives 'additional power to the system' (Stanley 1967). This longstanding controversy has lead to many authors arguing against analyses of phenomena that rely on . This opposition to often leads those authors to relegate a given phenomenon to the lexicon rather than maintaining a phonological explanation for a given sound change. While the skepticism of those authors may be warranted, what is lacking from the field is a list of criteria by which to evaluate proposals of . This study examines cases of proposed s in several languages to propose a list of four criteria which can be used as a general guideline for either warranting or eliminating in a particular phonological analysis
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