<OT> New Posting: ROA-766

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ROA 766-0805

Morphological structure and phonological domains in Spanish denominal derivation

Ricardo Bermudez-Otero <r.bermudez-otero at tiscali.co.uk>

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=766


Abstract:
In Spanish denominal derivation, the stem formative of the
base typically disappears before the derivational suffix:
e.g. man-o 'hand', man-az-a 'hand.AUG', *man-o-az-a. This
pattern can be analysed in two ways: as driven by a morphotactic
restriction, or as created by a morphophonological process
of stem-final vowel deletion. James Harris and his followers
have consistently assumed the former. Stratal OT, however,
requires the latter, for otherwise the interaction between
diphthongization and depalatalization gives rise to a stratificat
ion paradox. Independent morphological evidence provides
support for stem-final vowel deletion. Stratal OT emerges
from this trial as an empirically adequate, highly restrictive,
and heuristically powerful model of grammar.

Comments: Forthcoming in: Colina, Sonia & Fernando Martinez-Gil (eds) _Optimality-theoretic studies in Spanish phonology_. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Keywords: Spanish, Stratal OT, morphotactics, morphophonology, allomorphy, opacity, overapplication, cycle, inflection, derivation, root, stem
Areas: Phonology, Morphology
Type: Book Chapter

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