Publication Date
January 2000
Journal or Book Title
Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Abstract
The "phase" alternation in Rotuman is remarkable (and has attracted a good deal of previous attention) for two reasons. First, the shape differences between phases are quite diverse, involving resyllabification, deletion, umlaut, and metathesis. Second, the phase alternation produces prosodic structures that are otherwise unattested in this language, replacing simple (C)V syllables with closed and diphthongal ones. In this article, I argue that Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993) helps to make sense of both these observations. I also go on to use these results to support some claims about the nature of templates and prosodic circumscription in the theory of Prosodic Morphology (McCarthy and Prince 1986).
Pages
147-197
Volume
18
Issue
1
Recommended Citation
McCarthy, John J., "The prosody of phrase in Rotuman" (2000). Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. 87.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/linguist_faculty_pubs/87
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Comments
Copyright Springer. DOI: 10.1023/A:1006342918830