Attention! Paper unpublished.
Abstract: Four words in French-six, dix, huit, plus-have regular li... more Attention! Paper unpublished. Abstract: Four words in French-six, dix, huit, plus-have regular liaison realizations with or without the final consonant, depending on the following word; but unlike normal liaison words, their realization includes the final consonant outside of the liaison environment. The environment for this realization is generally described as sentence-final or pre-pausal. In this paper, I show that this is not accurate. The context is better explained as wherever liaison is impossible, which includes positions which are final only in the syntactic sense. A specific construction is discussed for which it is shown that liaison is impossible because of ellipted material and a representational account of the phonological side of the phenomenon is proposed.
This is a brief survey of Nuer (naat̪), a Western Nilotic language spoken in South Sudan and Ethi... more This is a brief survey of Nuer (naat̪), a Western Nilotic language spoken in South Sudan and Ethiopia. It is based on fieldwork conducted over the past year. It will be published in a handbook of Ethiopian languages, and at the moment it is a very rough draft, so comments are welcome (keeping in mind that it is already well over the word number limit!). We also have plenty of sound files, so feel free to ask for our data!
On Phonological Indices and allomorphy in Semitic. Handout from the conference on Allomorphy, its... more On Phonological Indices and allomorphy in Semitic. Handout from the conference on Allomorphy, its logic and limitations.
This volume brings together articles by some major figures in various linguistics domains — phono... more This volume brings together articles by some major figures in various linguistics domains — phonology, morphology and syntax — aiming at explaining the form of linguistic items by exploring the structures that underlie them.The book is divided in 5 parts: vowels, syllables, templates, syntax-morphology interface and Afro-Asiatic languages. Specific topics are the internal structure of vowels and its relation to harmony; the logic of recurrent vocalic patterns; syllabic prominence; the interaction of syllabic and templatic structure and segmental realization; the innateness of templates and paradigms; the limits of phonology; and various morpho-syntactic implications on phonological form.The volume renders homage to Jean Lowenstamm’s work, by underlining the importance of seeking structural and intermodular insight in the study of linguistic form.
In the paradigms of certain Tigre verbs, the final stem consonant and the vocalic suffix metathes... more In the paradigms of certain Tigre verbs, the final stem consonant and the vocalic suffix metathesise in some configurations. In this short paper, this is analysed as a hiatus-resolving strategy. The limits and consequences of this strategy are shown to follow from the representation of verbs, in an analysis conducted within CVCV
phonology and Element Theory.
Attention! Paper unpublished.
Abstract: Four words in French-six, dix, huit, plus-have regular li... more Attention! Paper unpublished. Abstract: Four words in French-six, dix, huit, plus-have regular liaison realizations with or without the final consonant, depending on the following word; but unlike normal liaison words, their realization includes the final consonant outside of the liaison environment. The environment for this realization is generally described as sentence-final or pre-pausal. In this paper, I show that this is not accurate. The context is better explained as wherever liaison is impossible, which includes positions which are final only in the syntactic sense. A specific construction is discussed for which it is shown that liaison is impossible because of ellipted material and a representational account of the phonological side of the phenomenon is proposed.
This is a brief survey of Nuer (naat̪), a Western Nilotic language spoken in South Sudan and Ethi... more This is a brief survey of Nuer (naat̪), a Western Nilotic language spoken in South Sudan and Ethiopia. It is based on fieldwork conducted over the past year. It will be published in a handbook of Ethiopian languages, and at the moment it is a very rough draft, so comments are welcome (keeping in mind that it is already well over the word number limit!). We also have plenty of sound files, so feel free to ask for our data!
On Phonological Indices and allomorphy in Semitic. Handout from the conference on Allomorphy, its... more On Phonological Indices and allomorphy in Semitic. Handout from the conference on Allomorphy, its logic and limitations.
This volume brings together articles by some major figures in various linguistics domains — phono... more This volume brings together articles by some major figures in various linguistics domains — phonology, morphology and syntax — aiming at explaining the form of linguistic items by exploring the structures that underlie them.The book is divided in 5 parts: vowels, syllables, templates, syntax-morphology interface and Afro-Asiatic languages. Specific topics are the internal structure of vowels and its relation to harmony; the logic of recurrent vocalic patterns; syllabic prominence; the interaction of syllabic and templatic structure and segmental realization; the innateness of templates and paradigms; the limits of phonology; and various morpho-syntactic implications on phonological form.The volume renders homage to Jean Lowenstamm’s work, by underlining the importance of seeking structural and intermodular insight in the study of linguistic form.
In the paradigms of certain Tigre verbs, the final stem consonant and the vocalic suffix metathes... more In the paradigms of certain Tigre verbs, the final stem consonant and the vocalic suffix metathesise in some configurations. In this short paper, this is analysed as a hiatus-resolving strategy. The limits and consequences of this strategy are shown to follow from the representation of verbs, in an analysis conducted within CVCV
phonology and Element Theory.
This paper discusses the lowering of the high vowels /i,u/ to [e,o] in final syllables in Palesti... more This paper discusses the lowering of the high vowels /i,u/ to [e,o] in final syllables in Palestinian Arabic. Such a shift is actually well documented in the literature with regard to final unstressed CVC syllables. Yet whereas previous studies have not stated a clear prosodic condition on the shift, we bring evidence that in the Galilean dialects discussed the shift is clearly conditioned and occurs in the pre-pausal position only. In addition, we show that the same shift occurs in two other positions, viz. final CV and CVCiCi, and that it is not merely qualitative but quantitative as well, so that lowering of /i,u/ to [e,o] often involves certain lengthening, yielding [eː,oː] respectively.
In the last section of this article we provide a uniform account for vowel lowering and lengthening in the three types of syllables mentioned. We show that in the pre-pausal environment an additional position is added to the last vowel; and since this position cannot be realized through vowel lengthening, a lowering agent is inserted instead.
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Abstract: Four words in French-six, dix, huit, plus-have regular liaison realizations with or without the final consonant, depending on the following word; but unlike normal liaison words, their realization includes the final consonant outside of the liaison environment. The environment for this realization is generally described as sentence-final or pre-pausal. In this paper, I show that this is not accurate. The context is better explained as wherever liaison is impossible, which includes positions which are final only in the syntactic sense. A specific construction is discussed for which it is shown that liaison is impossible because of ellipted material and a representational account of the phonological side of the phenomenon is proposed.
We also have plenty of sound files, so feel free to ask for our data!
phonology and Element Theory.
Abstract: Four words in French-six, dix, huit, plus-have regular liaison realizations with or without the final consonant, depending on the following word; but unlike normal liaison words, their realization includes the final consonant outside of the liaison environment. The environment for this realization is generally described as sentence-final or pre-pausal. In this paper, I show that this is not accurate. The context is better explained as wherever liaison is impossible, which includes positions which are final only in the syntactic sense. A specific construction is discussed for which it is shown that liaison is impossible because of ellipted material and a representational account of the phonological side of the phenomenon is proposed.
We also have plenty of sound files, so feel free to ask for our data!
phonology and Element Theory.
In the last section of this article we provide a uniform account for vowel lowering and lengthening in the three types of syllables mentioned. We show that in the pre-pausal environment an additional position is added to the last vowel; and since this position cannot be realized through vowel lengthening, a lowering agent is inserted instead.