Found:
Cyclic domain
PHONOLOGY/MORPHOLOGY: a term used for a morphologically complex string,
consisting of a base and an affix, to which the whole set of cyclic phonological
rules apply.
EXAMPLE: in English the adjective opaque plus the nominal suffix
-ity (formally represented as [[opaque] ity]) constitute a cyclic domain to
which the cyclic stress rules and the cyclic rules of Trisyllabic Shortening and
Velar Softening apply, yielding the surface form opácity.
LIT. | Kiparsky, P. (1982) Mascaró, J. (1976) Spencer, A. (1991) |