Phonology question

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:58 AM +0100 3/14/08, Dennis Preston wrote:
>Lots of us still like it. Where doesn't it work?
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>dInIs

And some of us non-phonologists forget what it is, if indeed we ever
knew.  Could you "remind" us in 25 words or less?

LH

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>>This isn't a dialect question, but I know there are some smart phonologists
>>on this list who can answer my question. I'm curious if the Maximal Onset
>>Principle is still considered valid in today's linguistics. I ask this
>>because sometimes it doesn't seem to be working in speech and I don't know
>>if another theory has taken its place. (Or maybe there are certain
>>environments it doesn't work in that I'm unaware of.)
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>>Scot
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