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A modular phonological theory - modularity in linguistics, an overview,the phonological component, well-formedness - locality and structuralrelations; combinatorial specification - combinatorial specification,simplicity in F-element combinations, representational simplicity, simplicityin associations - morpheme structure conditions in ngbaka, completepredictability of F-elements, incompatibility of F-elements; groundingconditions - the grounding hypothesis, the distribution of [ATR], theacoustic realization of [ATR], grounded conditions and combinatorialspecification, grounded conditions and rules; parametric rules - the fourparameters, direction, iteration, rule functions versus rule effects,association by rule, neutrality - transparency and opacity; conclusion -[ATR] in lango, optimality. Appendix: exceptional verb patterns.