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Symmetry in phonology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

Mark J. Elson
Mark J. Elson*
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Amherst College
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Abstract

This paper is concerned with two common assumptions about the nature of symmetry at the underlying level in phonology. The validity of these assumptions is examined and questioned in the light of evidence from Contemporary Standard Macedonian.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , June 1975, pp. 293 - 302
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Copyright © 1975 by Linguistic Society of America

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