Syllabification, stress and derivation by phase in Ojibwa *
Syllabification, stress and derivation by phase in Ojibwa *
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奥吉布瓦语的音节、重音和按阶段的推导*
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2005
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Heather Newell
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G. Piggott;Heather Newell
This paper provides evidence that word-internal syntax can play a crucial role in the determination of phonological well-formedness. The focus is on an apparent paradox in Ojibwa; the language both avoids and tolerates vowels in hiatus. Adopting the theory of word structure promoted by Distributed Morphology, we argue that V-V sequences are tolerated at the juncture between phases, as the latter are defined by Chomsky (1999) and further elaborated by Marvin (2002) among others. Otherwise such sequences are systematically avoided. The apparent paradox is a consequence of the fact that only the elements within a phase are evaluated to determine the well-formedness of syllables and feet. Derivation by phase also provides insight into two strategies for avoiding vowels in hiatus, vowel loss and consonant epenthesis. We argue that vowel loss emerges at the stage when vocabulary items are inserted into a phase (i.e. at spell-out), while consonant epenthesis occurs after spell-out. Consonant epenthesis is also demonstrably linked to a requirement that certain morphemes must be moved (i.e. cliticized) at the PF interface to avoid the formation of sub-optimal stress feet. Cliticization has consequences for the hypothesis that phases are impenetrable.