Phases and Phonology
Heather Newell
August 2024 

Phases are proposed by many to be the driving force behind domains of cyclic computation in the distinct grammatical modules of syntax, phonology, and semantics. Work on the interaction of phase theory and phonological cycles continues a long history of the examination of the syntax-phonology interface. This chapter begins with a detailed discussion of the different proposals in the syntactic literature regarding the identity of phases and the timing and size of the phasal domains that undergo transfer to phonology. It then turns to a discussion of purely phonological tools that are also proposed to impact cyclic computation. We then turn to an examination of a single phonological data set, Italian s-voicing, with the aim of comparing how different choices made regarding the syntactic aspects of phase theory impact the phonological predictions made. The chapter then concludes that phases are the driving force behind phonological domain formation, but that the phonological derivation itself is responsible for the varying levels of opacity across cycles.

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Reference:	lingbuzz/008344 (please use that when you cite this article)
Published in:	For the Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Phonology, Vol. 2.
keywords:	phases, phase impenetrability condition, cyclic phonology, modularity, prosodic hierarchy, cvcv phonology, phonology-syntax interface, syntax, phonology
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