Wim Zonneveld

The prosody-morphology interface

Contributors Preface 1. Introduction Rene Kager and Wim Zonneveld 2. On the moraic representation of underlying geminates: evidence from prosodic morphology Stuart Davis 3. Verbal reduplication in three Bantu languages Laura J. Downing 4. Prosodic morphology and tone: the case of Chichewa Larry M. Hyman and Al Mtenje 5. Exceptional stress-attracting suffixes in Turkish: representations versus the grammar Sharon Inkelas 6. Realignment Junko Ito and Armin Mester 7. Faithfulness and identity in prosodic morphology John J. McCarthy and Alan S. Prince 8. Austronesian nasal substitution and other NC effects Joe Pater 9. The prosodic base of the Hausa plural Sam Rosenthall 10. Prosodic optimality and prefixation in Polish Grazyna Rowicka 11. Double reduplications in parallel Suzanne Urbanczyk Index of subject Index of constraints Index of language Index of names.

Final devoicing as a robust phenomenon in second language acquisition: Tswana, english and afrikaans.

The topic of this paper is the well-known phenomenon of final devoicing, which occurs in languages such as Afrikaans, Dutch, German and Russian. It is discussed against the background of second language acquisition. The aim of the discussion is threefold. First, a description is provided, based on original experiments, of the final devoicing that curiously takes place in the English utterances of Tswana native speakers. Second, the relevance of the results is pointed out to the theoretical notion of interlanguage phonology: this lies in the observation that both Tswana and English belong to the group of languages lacking final de- voicing: English essentially inexplicably lacks it, and Tswana completely lacks closed syllables. Third, details of the experiments are discussed, with data arrangements along several dimensions, taking into account the length of the vowel preceding the target consonant; the manner of articulation of the target consonant; and the notion that the speakers output may be influence...

Dutch 2nd Singular Prosodic Weakening: Two Rejoinders

This article examines the arguments for, and rejects, the proposal by Ackema and Neeleman (2003) that the behavior of the Dutch 2nd person singular pronoun jij in inverted structures should be explained as morphosyntactic allomorphy, conditioned by initial prosodic phrasing prior to Spell-Out. First, by neutralizing (under inversion) the distinction between 2sg. and 1sg. present tense verb forms, the proposal makes an incorrect prediction for a well-known class of strong verbs. Second, initial prosody does not appear to condition the process. Benmamoun and Lorimers (2006) overapplication data for this phenomenon are shown to result from an incorrect interpretation of d-weakening verbs.

Optimality theory: Roots and aims

In generative linguistics, Optimality Theory is a recent development. Currently, its most fruitful applications (although by no means the only ones) are in areas of phonology and the phonology-morphology interface (especially so in Prosodic Morphology). This contribution describes the aim of Optimality Theory, and the way it reaches those aims, concentrating on its constraint-based character. Constraints are assumed to be universal, but a distinct difference with other theories of a similar kind is that constraints are violable: they have an evaluative task with respect to phonological representations, and the status of the output of the phonological component vis-a-vis the constraints is that the output is a collection of ‘best’ forms, and not necessarily of ‘perfect’ forms. A second aim of this contribution is to reconstruct the roots of Optimality Theory within the generative tradition. They can be found in the 1970s notion of conspiracy, and in 1980s attempts away from Chomsky & Halle type rule-base...

Feet and syllables in elephants and missiles: a reappraisal.

Using data from a case study presented in Chiat (), Marshall and Chiat () compare two different approaches to account for the realization of intervocalic consonants in child phonology: “coda capture theory” and the “foot domain account”. They argue in favour of the latter account. In this note, we present a reappraisal of this argument using the same data. We conclude that acceptance of the foot domain account, in the specific way developed by the authors, is unmotivated for both theoretical and empirical reasons. We maintain that syllable‐based coda capture is (still) the better approach to account for the relevant facts.

Default, non-default, markedness and complexity in the L2 English word stress competence of L1 speakers of Setswana

Abstract In the Principles and Parameters approach, parameters capture variation: languages do not differ randomly but along well-defined lines. Parameters typically take the form of a binary choice, such as yes/no or a similar option. In acquisition, a parameter is assumed to have a default setting as a starting point, which is maintained as long as it is not successfully contradicted by counter-evidence; when the latter happens the non-default value appears. Parameter setting to non-default proceeds from subset to superset languages. In syllable structure and using tree notation, development implies the introduction of marked structure, with structural complexity. The second half of the paper focuses on second language acquisition, where parameters (can) undergo re-setting. The discussion readdresses the results of two previous experimental investigations into the second language abilities of speakers of Setswana regarding English word stress, by Van der Pas, Wissing and Zonneveld (2000) and Van Rooy (2002). It concentrates on ‘extrametricality’ (lack of stress on final syllables), showing first that it seems to depend on syllable structure properties, and second, that in an apparent-time interpretation of the earlier results, development in L2 English stress acquisition regarding extrametricality takes place in a subset to superset manner—but not necessarily going from a less to a more complex structure, but apparently the other way around.

The prosody-morphology interface: The Prosody-Morphology Interface

Contributors Preface 1. Introduction Rene Kager and Wim Zonneveld 2. On the moraic representation of underlying geminates: evidence from prosodic morphology Stuart Davis 3. Verbal reduplication in three Bantu languages Laura J. Downing 4. Prosodic morphology and tone: the case of Chichewa Larry M. Hyman and Al Mtenje 5. Exceptional stress-attracting suffixes in Turkish: representations versus the grammar Sharon Inkelas 6. Realignment Junko Ito and Armin Mester 7. Faithfulness and identity in prosodic morphology John J. McCarthy and Alan S. Prince 8. Austronesian nasal substitution and other NC effects Joe Pater 9. The prosodic base of the Hausa plural Sam Rosenthall 10. Prosodic optimality and prefixation in Polish Grazyna Rowicka 11. Double reduplications in parallel Suzanne Urbanczyk Index of subject Index of constraints Index of language Index of names.

The prosody-morphology interface: Contents

Contributors Preface 1. Introduction Rene Kager and Wim Zonneveld 2. On the moraic representation of underlying geminates: evidence from prosodic morphology Stuart Davis 3. Verbal reduplication in three Bantu languages Laura J. Downing 4. Prosodic morphology and tone: the case of Chichewa Larry M. Hyman and Al Mtenje 5. Exceptional stress-attracting suffixes in Turkish: representations versus the grammar Sharon Inkelas 6. Realignment Junko Ito and Armin Mester 7. Faithfulness and identity in prosodic morphology John J. McCarthy and Alan S. Prince 8. Austronesian nasal substitution and other NC effects Joe Pater 9. The prosodic base of the Hausa plural Sam Rosenthall 10. Prosodic optimality and prefixation in Polish Grazyna Rowicka 11. Double reduplications in parallel Suzanne Urbanczyk Index of subject Index of constraints Index of language Index of names.

The prosody-morphology interface: Frontmatter

Contributors Preface 1. Introduction Rene Kager and Wim Zonneveld 2. On the moraic representation of underlying geminates: evidence from prosodic morphology Stuart Davis 3. Verbal reduplication in three Bantu languages Laura J. Downing 4. Prosodic morphology and tone: the case of Chichewa Larry M. Hyman and Al Mtenje 5. Exceptional stress-attracting suffixes in Turkish: representations versus the grammar Sharon Inkelas 6. Realignment Junko Ito and Armin Mester 7. Faithfulness and identity in prosodic morphology John J. McCarthy and Alan S. Prince 8. Austronesian nasal substitution and other NC effects Joe Pater 9. The prosodic base of the Hausa plural Sam Rosenthall 10. Prosodic optimality and prefixation in Polish Grazyna Rowicka 11. Double reduplications in parallel Suzanne Urbanczyk Index of subject Index of constraints Index of language Index of names.

The prosody-morphology interface: Index of constraints

Contributors Preface 1. Introduction Rene Kager and Wim Zonneveld 2. On the moraic representation of underlying geminates: evidence from prosodic morphology Stuart Davis 3. Verbal reduplication in three Bantu languages Laura J. Downing 4. Prosodic morphology and tone: the case of Chichewa Larry M. Hyman and Al Mtenje 5. Exceptional stress-attracting suffixes in Turkish: representations versus the grammar Sharon Inkelas 6. Realignment Junko Ito and Armin Mester 7. Faithfulness and identity in prosodic morphology John J. McCarthy and Alan S. Prince 8. Austronesian nasal substitution and other NC effects Joe Pater 9. The prosodic base of the Hausa plural Sam Rosenthall 10. Prosodic optimality and prefixation in Polish Grazyna Rowicka 11. Double reduplications in parallel Suzanne Urbanczyk Index of subject Index of constraints Index of language Index of names.