The interaction of tone and stress in Optimality Theory  

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Lacy, Paul de

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Phonology (Full Text) vol. 19 no. 1 (Mar. 2002), page 1-32.
Fulltext: de_Lacy_Paul.pdf (357.97KB)

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This paper examines the relationship between tone and prosodic positions. I show that prosodic heads prefer higher tone over lower tone, while non-heads exhibit the opposite preference. These generalisations are expressed within Optimality Theory as a family of constraints in a ®xed ranking. One set regulates the relation of tone to heads: *Hd}L(*Hd}M(*Hd}H; the other deals with tone on nonheads: *Non-Hd}H(*Non-Hd}M(*Non-Hd}L. These constraints are used to account for the stress system of Ayutla Mixtec: in this language, stress is attracted to a syllable based on its tonal content, but is also in¯uenced by the posttonic syllable's tone. The implications of the theory for other tone±stress interactions ± metrically in¯uenced tone placement and neutralisation ± are also examined.

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