Phonological conditions on variable adjective and noun word order in Tagalog
Phonological conditions on variable adjective and noun word order in Tagalog
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他加禄语中可变形容词和名词词序的音系条件
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2017
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Kie Zuraw
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Stephanie S. Shih;Kie Zuraw
Abstract: Tagalog adjectives and nouns variably occur in two word orders, separated by an intermediary linker: adjective-linker-noun versus noun-linker-adjective. The linker has two phonologically conditioned surface forms, -ng and na. This article presents a large-scale corpus study of adjective/noun order variation in Tagalog, focusing in particular on phonological conditions. Results show that word-order variation in adjective/noun pairs optimizes for phonological structure, abiding by phonotactic, syllabic, and morphophonological well-formedness preferences that are also found elsewhere in Tagalog grammar. The results indicate that surface phonological information is accessible for word-order choice.