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ROA 1037-0709

On the existence of root-initial-accenting suffixes: An elicitation study of Japanese [-zu]

Shigeto Kawahara <kawahara at rci.rutgers.edu>
Matthew Wolf <matthew.adam.wolf at gmail.com>

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Abstract:
Most known cases of affix controlled accentuation patterns
involve local accent assignment: prefixes assign root-initial
accents whereas suffixes assign root-final accents. In this
paper we document the non-local accentuation behavior of
[-zu], a recently-emerged suffix in Japanese which an elicitation
study reveals to be productively root-initial-accenting.
We present a phonological analysis of the [-zu] data, showing
that standard theories of morpheme realization predict the
existence of such a suffix. The existence of [-zu] therefore
fills what would otherwise be an undesirable typological gap.

Comments: To appear in Linguistics. Final published version may be slightly different.
Keywords: Japanese, accent, accentuation, pre-accenting, post-accenting, locality
Areas: Phonology,Morphology
Type: Journal Article

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