%0 Journal Article %T Opaque Softening: A Usage-Based Approach %A Tore Nesset %J Poljarnyj Vestnik %D 2005 %I University of Troms? %X Based on an analysis of softening alternations in Russian, this paper explores the problem of phonological opacity in cognitive linguistics. %K Russian %K language %K phonology %K opacity %K usage-based model %K cognitive linguistics %U http://www.ub.uit.no/baser/septentrio/index.php/vestnik/article/view/1331