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ROA 938-1107

The full vs. partial reduplication in Korean salsal and salulu: A case for over- and under-application

Hyung-Soo Kim <csjennykim at hanmail.net>

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Abstract:
The reduplication in Kor. salsal and salulu 'gently' presents
interesting phonological problems in 1) what should be the
underlying base, *sal or salu? and 2) how the length alternation
should be explained. In this paper I first present a serial
analysis in which these examples are explained as cases
of over- and under-application, and then examine how it
compares with a similar analysis in recent frameworks, e.g.
the Correspondence Theory of McCarthy and Prince (1995),
transderivational identity of Benua (1997) and the Stratal/
LPM-OT of Kiparsky (2000). The main conclusion drawn is
that Wilbur's (1973) Identity Constraint, which facilitates
explanation of the reduplicative identity in languages but
causes all kinds of problems for traditional rule ordering,
can be better understood if we take into account the rule
persistency and productivity, as envisioned by Chafe (1968)
and Chen (1972).

Comments: Paper to be published in Proceedings of International Conference on Linguistics in Korea-2007
Keywords: reduplicative identity, over- and under-application in Korean reduplication, rule persistency and productivity.
Areas: Phonology,Morphology,Historical Linguistics
Type: Conference Proceedings Chapter

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