In this thesis I present articulatory processes to challenge the restrictive grammar of Element Theory. Backley’s work presents the many advantages of this new grammar and its implementations in...Show moreIn this thesis I present articulatory processes to challenge the restrictive grammar of Element Theory. Backley’s work presents the many advantages of this new grammar and its implementations in phonological analyses. However; ET’s purely acoustic origins reflects signs of substantial restriction when the grammar is utilized to describe purely articulatory processes such as nasal place assimilation. In some cases a possible solution can be presented in the segmental structure where in other cases the theory as represented in Backley (2011) just reasons to be too restrictive.Show less
