Paul de Lacy
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Paul de Lacy is a linguist and Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Rutgers University. He is currently Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Auckland. He is known for his works on phonology.
Books
de Lacy, Paul (2006). Markedness: Reduction and Preservation in Phonology. Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 112. Cambridge University Press.
de Lacy, Paul (ed.) (2007), The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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