Download or read book Phonological Augmentation in Prominent Positions written by Jennifer L. Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Positional augmentation : markedness constraints for prominent positions -- 2. A theory of positional augmentation constraints -- 3. Augmentation of phonetically strong positions -- 4. Augmentation of psycholinguistically strong positions -- 5. Positional augmentation and positional neutralization -- 6. Conclusions, implications, and future directions.