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ROA 972-0508

Peak Delay and Tonal Noniterativity

Aaron Kaplan <afkaplan at ucsc.edu>

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=972


Abstract:
This paper develops an OT analysis of tone spread in Chichewa
and tone shift in Kikuyu that is grounded in the notion
of peak delay.  Myers (1999) argues that what has been called
high tone spread in Chichewa actually reflects peak delay:
The high pitch target associated with a high tone is not
reached until the syllable after the high toned syllable,
giving the impression that the tone has spread.  The current
paper explores the possibility that this is the case for
all reported instances of bounded (specifically noniterative)
tone spread/shift.  Since tone shift in Kikuyu interacts
with other aspects of the language's phonology, it is necessary
to implement peak delay in the grammar rather than leaving
it to phonetic implementation.

Comments: 
Keywords: tone spread, tone shift, peak delay, Chichewa, Kikuyu, noniterativity
Areas: Phonology
Type: Manuscript

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