<OT> New Posting: ROA-633

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ROA 633-1103

NonFinality

Brett Hyde <bhyde at artsci.wustl.edu>

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Abstract:
The article presents a revised general formulation for Prince
and Smolensky’s (1993) NonFinality constraints, where NonFinality
focuses on the locations of metrical grid entries rather
than the locations of prosodic heads. Adopting the version
of metrical stress theory advanced in Hyde 2002, NonFinality
constraints are applied to the prosodic word, foot, and
syllable domains to account not only for basic extrametricality
effects but also for phenomena that lie outside extrametricality’
s traditional range. The article demonstrates that the revised
formulation retains NonFinality’s ability to duplicate foot
and syllable extrametricality effects and that it outperforms
the standard formulation in its ability to duplicate consonant
extrametricality effects. The article also demonstrates
how NonFinality constraints can account for the type of
weight sensitivity found in unbounded stress systems and
for the rhythmic lengthening effects found in both iambic
and trochaic systems.

Comments: 
Keywords: nonfinality, extrametricality, syllable weight, lengthening
Areas: Phonology
Type: Manuscript

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