The Even Yearbook 13 (2018)

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 volume  13 (2018)
 pages  22–28
 author  Márton Jánosy
 title  PRESUME-tensing: An analogical account
 keywords  presume-tensing, unstressed vowels, variation, analogy
 abstract  The vowel of word-initial unstressed syllables can be lax or tense in words like presume and December. The paper looks into the factors conditioning this variation, and proposes that analogical effects between words sharing a similar morphological element are responsible for the possibility of tensing (or lack thereof).
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