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ROA 725-0305

Expressing inflection tonally

Marc van Oostendorp <Marc at vanOostendorp.nl>

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=725


Abstract:
The difference between neuter and feminine agreement on
adjectives is expressed by a difference in lexical tone.
This paper argues that this distinction is due to a difference
in underlying representations en not to a paradigmatic antifaithf
ulness effect. In particular, it argues for a specific version
of REALIZE-MORPHEME, the constraint demanding every underlying
morpheme to be present in phonological surface representations.
The key argument is that a schwa suffix turns up whenever
the tonal change from neuter to feminine is not possible.

Comments: 
Keywords: interface; inflection; tone; paradigms
Areas: Phonology,Morphology
Type: Journal Article

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=725