Coda Voicing Neutralization and Assimilation

Abstract

Abstract In the phonological literature Catalan is quite well known as an example of a language which neutralizes voice contrasts among obstruents in coda position. In this section I review the facts of contrast and neutralization among obstruents in Catalan (Recasens 1993: 170–72; Bonet & Lloret 1998: 103–5, 118–26; Palmada 2002). In (1) and (2) are displayed examples of voicing contrasts. In (1) we see obstruents contrasting in voicing in prevocalic onset position.