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ROA 657-0404

Phonological recoverability in dialects of Dutch

Marc van Oostendorp <Marc.van.Oostendorp at Meertens.knaw.nl>

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Abstract:
This article discusses the implications for the analysis
of Dutch dialects, of a principle in the phonology-morphology
interface which is sometimes called Realize-Morpheme or
Express-Morpheme, but which is referred to here as phonological
recoverability: the presence of every morpheme in the input
should be detectable in the phonological output. It is shown
that certain cases of apparent opacity (for instance of
nasal assimilation and obstruent deletion) disappear once
this principle is invoked. The devices which are commonly
used to analyse these phenomena within Optimality Theory,
such as Sympathy Theory or level ordering, are not necessary
once we have a slightly more sophisticated theory of lexical
representations.

Comments: 
Keywords: realize morhpeme, express morpheme, interface, recoverability
Areas: Phonology,Morphology
Type: Journal Article

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