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English syllabification as the interaction of markedness constraints.
- Source :
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Studia Linguistica . Apr2006, Vol. 60 Issue 1, p1-33. 33p. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- The present study offers an Optimality-Theoretic analysis of the syllabification of intervocalic consonants and glides in Modern English. It will be argued that the proposed syllabifications fall out from universal markedness constraints – all of which derive motivation from other languages – and a language-specific ranking. The analysis offered below is therefore an alternative to the traditional rule-based analyses of English syllabification, e.g. Kahn (1976), Borowsky (1986), Giegerich (1992, 1999) and to the Optimality-Theoretic treatment proposed by Hammond (1999), whose analysis requires several language-specific constraints which apparently have no cross-linguistic motivation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00393193
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Studia Linguistica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20069086
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9582.2006.00131.x