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ROA 960-0408

Paradigmatic Correspondences in the Brazilian Portuguese Verbal Vowel System

Luiz Carlos Schwindt <schwindt at terra.com.br>

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Abstract:
In this paper, we reanalyse the alternation in the Brazilian
Portuguese verbal system called verbal vowel harmony (VH),
which applies to verb stems in the second and third conjugations
(e.g., bebér 'to drink' > bébo 'I drink'; segír 'to follow'
> sígo 'I follow'). We pose the following questions concerning
VH: (i) Is it a synchronic process? (ii) Does it exhibit
paradigmatic effects? and (iii) How can it be described
in Optimality Theory? To answer question (i), we present
a corpus of BP dictionarized verbs in the third person and
results from empirical tests that evaluate acceptability/producti
vity in the conjugation of pseudo-verbs. Concerning question
(ii), we show that a paradigmatic correspondence between
verbal forms in BP accounts for misapplication patterns.
Answering question (iii), we offer a description of the
process in line with Transderivational Correspondence Theory
(Benua 1997).

Comments: Acta Linguistica Hungarica, Vol. 54 (4), pp. 393-407 (2007)
Keywords: vowel harmony, allomorphy, paradigms, morphophonology
Areas: Phonology,Morphology
Type: Journal Article

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