Existential Faithfullness

A Study of Reduplicative Tetu, Feature Movement and Dissimulation
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-94153-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics

First Published in 2003. Initially a doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of Maryland at College Park in August 2000, this book is a revised version with an expanded discussion on dissimilation, as well as looking at existential faithfulness relations in reduplicative TETU and feature movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Struijke, Caro

Horn, Laurence

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Caro Struijke, Editor Laurence Horn (Yale University)