<OT> New Posting: ROA-735

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ROA 735-0505

Paradoxical Non-finality: Stress Assignment in Three Arabic Dialects

Faisal Al-Mohanna <mohannaf at ksu.edu.sa>

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=735


Abstract:
Non-finality, OT's successor of extramericality in derivational
accounts, operates through a set of constraints evaluating
the position of metrical constituent heads rather than controllin
g their metrification. Merely parsing a final constituent
never violates any constraint on Non-finality but assigning
it headedness may. This paper builds on this assumption
in its endeavour to analyse the process of stress assignment
in the three Arabic dialects of Palestinian, Cairene, and
Hijazi. The asymmetries depicted across these stress patterns
are minor, yet evaluating their candidate analyses for Non-finali
ty encompasses the full spectrum. The argument of ruling
out final head feet, final head syllables, or both will
be crucial to the analysis. In particular, the issue of
assigning headedness to a rhythmically footed final pair
of lights and denying it footing elsewhere calls for some
radical developments of a hierarchy banning such a compromise
of Non-finality.

Comments: 
Keywords: NonFinality, Stress
Areas: Phonology
Type: Manuscript

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=735