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ROA 908-0407

Russian prefixes and prepositions in Stratal OT

Vera Gribanova <gribanov at ucsc.edu>

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Abstract:
Since the work of Zubritskaya (1995) and Matushansky (2002),
it has been known that prefixes and prepositions instantiate
a synchronically unified and unique class in Russian phonology.
A less discussed point is that Russian prefixes and prepositions
cannot be unified on the basis of their morphosyntactic
characteristics. An existing analysis (Rubach 2000) addresses
only the phonological facts, implicitly assuming that the
two categories are identical morphosyntactically. To resolve
the apparent contradiction between the phonological identity
and the morphosyntactic nonidentity of prefixes and prepositions,
I propose a Stratal OT (Kiparsky 2000) approach of the jer
vocalization and palatalization patterns within the complex
containing the prefix/preposition and its host. The account
takes as its foundation the work of Blumenfeld (2003), and
posits that prefixes and prepositions are processed at distinct
strata (word and postlexical, respectively). The paper also
provides tentative evidence, based on jer realization patterns,
to support the claim that there is a phonological, not just
morphosyntactic, reason to associate the composition of
prefixes and prepositions with different strata.

Comments: This is a draft.  Comments welcome and appreciated.
Keywords: Russian, Stratal OT, prefixes, prepositions, palatalization, jer, yer, clitic, affix
Areas: Phonology
Type: Manuscript

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