Paradigms In Phonological Theory

by Downing, Laura J.; Hall, T. Alan; Raffelsiefen, Renate

• ISBN13: 9780199267705
• ISBN10: 0199267707
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This title includes the following features: Leading researchers fromNative America and Europediscuss key theoretical issues; Covers a wide varietyof languages, including non-Indo-European

Author Biography

Laura Downing's research has concentrated on theoretical phonology and morphology of Bantu languages, since her thesis on the Tonal Phonology of Jita (published by Lincom Europa in 1996). Recent publications include: Compounding and Tonal Non-transfer in Bantu Languages (Phonology, 2003) and Stress, Tone and Focus in Chichewa and Xhosa (Frankfurter Afrikanistische Blatter 15, 2003). She is also currently working on a book entitled Prosodic Morphology: The Phonology and Morphology of Canonical Forms (Mouton).
T. Alan Hall teaches Linguistics at the University of Leipzig. His most recent publications include Phonologie: Eine Einfuhrung (De Gruyter, 2000), Distinctive Feature Theory (editor, Mouton 2001) and Against Extrasyllabic Consonants in German and English (Phonology 19: 2002).
Renate Raffelsiefen teaches Linguistics at The Free University of Berlin. Recent publications include Phonological Constraints on English Word Formation (Yearbook of Morphology, 1999) and Gaps vis-a-vis other Effects in English Morphophonology (Phonology 20, 2003).

Table of Contents

General Preface	vii
Abbreviations	viii
Contributors	ix
1. Introduction: The Role of Paradigms in Phonological Theory	1	(16)
LAURA J. DOWNING, T.A. HALL, AND RENATE RAFFELSIEFEN
2. The Morphological Basis of Paradigm Leveling	17	(27)
ADAM ALBRIGHT
3. Competing Principles of Paradigm Uniformity: Evidence from the Hebrew Imperative Paradigm	44	(21)
OUTI BAT-EL
4. Sources of Paradigm Uniformity	65	(42)
LUIGI BURZIO
5. Capitalistic v. Militaristic: The Paradigm Uniformity Effect Reconsidered	107	(15)
STUART DAVIS
6. Jita Causative Doubling Provides Optimal Paradigms	122	(23)
LAURA J. DOWNING
7. Paradigmatic Uniformity and Contrast	145	(25)
MICHAEL KENSTOWICZ
8. Optimal Paradigms	170	(41)
JOHN J. MCCARTHY
9. Paradigm Uniformity Effects Versus Boundary Effects	211	(52)
RENATE RAFFELSIEFEN
10. Uniformity and Contrast in the Hungarian Verbal Paradigm	263	(33)
PÉTER REBRUS AND MIKLÓS TÖRKENCZY
11. A Note on Paradigm Uniformity and Priority of the Root	296	(17)
SUZANNE URBANCZYK
References	313	(18)
Index	331