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ROA 561-1102

Constraint universality and prosodic phrasing in Maori

Paul de Lacy <pvd22@cam.ac.uk>

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Abstract:
This paper explores the notion that all constraints are 
present in all grammars (‘Universality’).  For any pair 
of constraints, Universality is shown to produce four 
types of system, differing in terms of the constraints’ 
activity (i.e. visible effect).  Conditions on the 
typological predictions are identified.  Building on 
Samek-Lodovici (1996, 1998a,b), one of the more 
surprising results – that two constraints may both be 
active in a language even if they apparently conflict – 
is explored for the syntax-phonology interface.  The 
empirical focus is the Polynesian language Maori, where 
it is argued that both left and right edges of lexical 
syntactic phrases align with the left and right edges of
Phonological Phrases respectively.

Keywords: prosody, phrasing, intonation

Areas: Phonology

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