Distinctiveness, Coercion and Sonority

by Moren,Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780415937801
• ISBN10: 0415937809
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This volume proposes a unified weight theory that challenges traditionally held beliefs regarding the vowel/consonant dichotomy inherent in moraicity and illuminates many previously intractable issues.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
Syllable Weight: Descriptive Generalizations	3	(18)
Introduction	3	(8)
What is syllable weight?	5	(2)
Moraic Theory	7	(1)
Superheavy and Extra-light Syllables	8	(2)
Summary	10	(1)
Two Sources of Weight: Coerced and Distinctive	11	(8)
Coerced Weight	11	(4)
Coerced Weight Summary	15	(1)
Distinctive Weight	15	(4)
Distinctive Weight Summary	19	(1)
Summary of Weight Descriptive Generalizations	19	(2)
Optimality Theory, Typology and Constraints	21	(20)
Optimality Theory and Typology	21	(1)
Constraints	22	(9)
General Moraic Markedness Constraints and Sonority	22	(2)
Coercive Moraic Markedness Constraints	24	(2)
Correspondence Theory and Moraic Faithfulness Constraints	26	(3)
MaxLink and DepLink versus Max and Dep	29	(2)
Constraint Interactions and Weight Patterns	31	(8)
Factorial Ranking and ``Pure'' Coerced Weight	32	(1)
Factorial Ranking and ``Pure'' Distinctive Weight	33	(3)
Interactions between Distinctive and Coerced Weight	36	(3)
Summary	39	(2)
Segment Weight Typology	41	(66)
Introduction	41	(1)
Coerced Weight	41	(18)
Coerced Vowel Length	42	(1)
No Coerced Vowel Length	43	(1)
Coerced Length for All Vowels	44	(2)
Coerced More-sonorous Vowel Length	46	(1)
Summary of Coerced Vowel Length	46	(1)
Coerced Consonant Weight	47	(1)
No Coerced Consonant Weight	48	(1)
Coerced Weight for All Consonants	49	(2)
Coerced More-sonorous Consonant Weight	51	(1)
Summary of Coerced Consonant Weight	52	(1)
Coerced Consonant and Vowel Weight	53	(5)
Summary of Coercive Weight Patterns	58	(1)
Distinctive Weight	59	(26)
Distinctiveness of Vowel Length	59	(1)
No Distinctive Vowel Length	60	(4)
Distinctive Vowel Length for All Vowels	64	(3)
Distinctive Length for Less-sonorous Vowels Only	67	(3)
Distinctive Length for More-sonorous Vowels Only	70	(2)
Distinctiveness of Consonant Weight	72	(1)
No Distinctive Consonant Weight	73	(2)
Distinctive Consonant Weight for All Consonants	75	(3)
Distinctive Weight for Less-sonorous Consonants Only	78	(4)
Distinctive Weight for More-sonorous Consonants Only	82	(2)
Distinctive Consonant and Vowel Weight	84	(1)
Summary of Distinctive Weight Patterns	85	(1)
Interactions between Coerced and Distinctive Weight	85	(19)
Distinctive Vowel Length Neutralization	86	(10)
Distinctive Consonant Weight Neutralization	96	(7)
Distinctive Consonant Weight and Vowel Length Neutralization	103	(1)
Summary	104	(3)
Case Studies	107	(124)
Hawaiian Syllable Weight	107	(5)
Data	107	(1)
Analysis	108	(3)
Summary	111	(1)
Italian Syllable Weight and Stress Assignment	112	(19)
Data---Vowel Length, Consonant Weight, and Syllabification	112	(2)
Analysis	114	(1)
Core Syllable Weight	114	(4)
Penultimate Stress and Vowel Lengthening	118	(3)
Antepenultimate Stress	121	(1)
Weight by Position	122	(1)
Weight Sensitivity	123	(2)
Exceptional Stress	125	(3)
Raddoppiamento Sintattico (Syntactic Doubling)	128	(2)
Summary	130	(1)
Kashmiri Syllable Weight and Stress Assignment	131	(23)
Background and Data	132	(1)
Distinctive Weight	133	(1)
Stress and Representations	134	(3)
Analysis	137	(1)
Distinctive Vowel Weight	137	(2)
Stress	139	(4)
Closed Syllables	143	(2)
Heavy Syllable Interactions	145	(2)
Summary of the Analysis of Kashmiri	147	(1)
Theoretical Issues	148	(1)
Peak Prominence	148	(4)
Unattested Stress Patterns	152	(2)
Summary	154	(1)
Moraicity in Two Hungarian Dialects	154	(30)
Description and Data	155	(1)
Description of Vowels	155	(1)
Description of Consonants	156	(1)
Syllable Weight	157	(1)
Vowel Length Neutralization	157	(2)
Consonant Weight Neutralization	159	(3)
Analysis	162	(1)
Vowel Length	162	(9)
Consequence	171	(2)
Consonant Weight	173	(10)
Summary	183	(1)
Icelandic Phonology: A Unified Account	184	(19)
Background Data	184	(1)
Medial Syllabification	184	(1)
Syllable Weight and Stress	185	(1)
Sonorant Devoicing	185	(1)
Stop Deaspiration	186	(1)
Preaspiration	186	(1)
Analysis	187	(1)
Canonical Weight	187	(6)
Syllabification	193	(1)
Distinctive Aspiration in Stressed Syllables---All Dialects	194	(1)
Unstressed Syllable Aspiration	195	(1)
Medial Sonorant Devoicing	196	(3)
Preaspiration	199	(3)
Why No Moraic Aspirated Stops?	202	(1)
Summary	203	(1)
Metropolitan New York English	203	(23)
English Vowels (General)	204	(2)
New York English Vowels	206	(3)
Analysis	209	(1)
Bimoraic Monosyllables	210	(2)
Distinctive Non-Low Vowel Length in Closed Monosyllables	212	(3)
Long Low Back Vowels in Closed Monosyllables	215	(1)
Distinctive Low Front Vowel Length in Closed Monosyllables	216	(2)
Long Low Front Vowels in Closed Monosyllables	218	(3)
Disyllables	221	(4)
Summary	225	(1)
Summary	226	(5)
Miscellaneous Issues and General Conclusions	231	(36)
No Need for *Long-Vowel and *Geminate Constraints	232	(6)
Holt (1997)	232	(3)
No *Long-Vowel Constraint	235	(2)
No *Geminate Constraint	237	(1)
Summary	237	(1)
Shared Morae and Phonetic Correlations (Broselow et al 1997)	238	(9)
Hindi	240	(2)
Malayalam	242	(2)
Levantine Arabic	244	(2)
Summary	246	(1)
Positive Versus Negative Moraic Markedness Constraints	247	(7)
Ease of Formulation and Evaluation	247	(4)
Distinctive Moraicity	251	(2)
Summary	253	(1)
Heavy Geminates and Light Codas (Tranel 1991)	254	(10)
Modern Standard Swedish	261	(2)
Summary	263	(1)
General Conclusions	264	(3)
Bibliography	267	(8)
Index	275