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ROA 778-0905

The so-called reduplication with fixed segmentism in Korean revisited

Hyung-Soo Kim <csjennykim at hanmail.net>

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Abstract:
This paper reanalyzes the so-called reduplication with fixed
segmentism cases in Korean and shows, inter alia, that the
fixed segmentism occurring in examples such as, talkak/talkatak
''rattling'' is not of the phonological type as previously
claimed but of the morphological type. The arguments for
this emendation regarding the type of fixed segment are
based on three findings: 1) the suffixes that occur with
the fixed segment are affixational in origin; 2) the proposed
TETU ranking based on Place Markedness Hierarchy does not
really work, due to its inability to choose /t/ over other
coronals, while its revision with addition of the Sonority
Cline Constraints of Lombardi (2003) results in a ranking
paradox; 3) The complementary distribution, cited also as
evidence for the phonological nature of the fixed segment
is not phonologically conditioned. In addition, I examine
the relevant issues in the diagnostics for the reduplicative
fixed segmentism given by Alderete et al. (1999) with a
detailed comparison of the fixed segmentism types in Nancowry
and Korean. Some suggestions for origins of the reduplicative
suffixation are given, comparing their explanatory adequacy
with that of the Optimality Theory.

Comments: To be published in Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology 11.2
Keywords: Korean phonology and morphology, reduplication, markedness hierarchy, Optimality Theory, fixed segmentism, TETU, exaptation
Areas: Phonology,Morphology,Historical Linguistics
Type: Journal Article

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