Existential Faithfullness: A Study of Reduplicative Tetu, Feature Movement and Dissimulation

ISBN-13: 9780415941532 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 200 str.

Caro Struijke;Struijke Caro

Opis

This dissertation makes a contribution to correspondence theory, set within optimality theory. By introducing the notion existential faithfulness, Struijke is able to draw a strong connection between three phenomena usually thought to be unrelated, namely the emergence of the unmarked in re-duplication, dissimilation and feature movement. The author argues that all are ways to improve the markedness of a form, while simultaneously ensuring the preservation of underlying material. The book presents three in-depth case studies involving Kwakwala, Sanskrit and Cuzco Quechua, which reveal some striking properties of the phenomena under investigation.

Spis treści

Preface Acknowledgements Abstract 1 Introduction 1.1 Optimality Theory and classic Correspondence Theory 1.2 Existential Faithfulness 2.1 Existential faithfulness constraints defined 2.2 Segmental preservation and reduplication 2.3 Preservation of feature specifications 2.4 Preservation of adjacency and ordering relations 1.3 Fission and surface correspondence 1.4 Conclusion Appendix I: Overview of existential faithfulness constraints 2 Reduplicative TETU 2.1 Faithfulness relations in reduplication 2.2 Reduplicant TETU: Kwakwala case study 2.3 Output TETU: Kwakwala case study 2.4 Realization of redupl. morphs and phonological reduplication 2.5 Reduplicant size as a predictor of TETU alternations 2.6 Markedness constraints in Output and Reduplicant TETU 2.7 Division of input characteristics between base and reduplicant 2.8 Identifying base and reduplicant 2.9 The emergence of the faithful 2.10 Comparison with other proposals 2.10.1 Comparison with classic Correspondence Theory 2.11 Conclusion 3 Feature movement and dissimilation 3.1 Feature movement 3.2 Dissimilation as a result of fission and coalescence 3.3 Case study: Sanskrit 3.4 Case study: Cuzco Quechua 3.5 Conclusion Appendix II: The proximity effect 4 $-IDENT[F] and MAX[F] compared 4.1 Correspondence Theory and the status of features 4.2 Similarities between $- IDENT[F] and MAX[F] 4.3 Phenomena 4.4 Conclusion 5 Conclusion References Index

O autorze

Caro Struijke, Editor Laurence Horn (Yale University)