Constraint Re-ranking in Three Grammars
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Carolina González
Abstract
In NorthCentral Peninsular Spanish there are at least three different realizations of coda /b d ɡ/: voiceless fricatives (Northern dialect), voiced fricatives (Central dialect I), and voiced stops (Central dialect II). This paper proposes an analysis of the three patterns within the framework of Optimality Theory and explores whether constraint re-ranking is sufficient to distinguish among the three. It is shown that reranking alone fails to account for Central dialect II, and that constraint conjunction also needs to be invoked to capture the data while the connection to the other two dialects is maintained. This suggests that spirantization and coda devoicing might coexist in the grammars of closely related dialects but they do not have to interact in the same way. In addition, the analysis is based on acoustic data and shows the importance of phonetic data for phonological investigation.
Abstract
In NorthCentral Peninsular Spanish there are at least three different realizations of coda /b d ɡ/: voiceless fricatives (Northern dialect), voiced fricatives (Central dialect I), and voiced stops (Central dialect II). This paper proposes an analysis of the three patterns within the framework of Optimality Theory and explores whether constraint re-ranking is sufficient to distinguish among the three. It is shown that reranking alone fails to account for Central dialect II, and that constraint conjunction also needs to be invoked to capture the data while the connection to the other two dialects is maintained. This suggests that spirantization and coda devoicing might coexist in the grammars of closely related dialects but they do not have to interact in the same way. In addition, the analysis is based on acoustic data and shows the importance of phonetic data for phonological investigation.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- An Acoustic Basis for Palatal Geminate Behavior in Spanish 1
- Mapping the Patterns of Maintenance versus Merger in Bilingual Phonology 15
- New Tendencies in Geographical Dialectology 31
- Output-to-output Correspondence and the Emergence of the Unmarked in Spanish Plural Formation 49
- Mapping French Pronunciation 65
- Phonological Variability in the Laboratory 83
- Constraint Re-ranking in Three Grammars 97
- Mid Vowels and Schwa in Eastern Catalan 113
- The Nominal Stress System of Romanian (re)revisited 127
- Proto-Romance Stress Shift Revisited 141
- Final -m in Yucatan Spanish 155
- Stressed Enclitics? 167
- How To Do Things Without Junk 183
- Subject Index 207
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- An Acoustic Basis for Palatal Geminate Behavior in Spanish 1
- Mapping the Patterns of Maintenance versus Merger in Bilingual Phonology 15
- New Tendencies in Geographical Dialectology 31
- Output-to-output Correspondence and the Emergence of the Unmarked in Spanish Plural Formation 49
- Mapping French Pronunciation 65
- Phonological Variability in the Laboratory 83
- Constraint Re-ranking in Three Grammars 97
- Mid Vowels and Schwa in Eastern Catalan 113
- The Nominal Stress System of Romanian (re)revisited 127
- Proto-Romance Stress Shift Revisited 141
- Final -m in Yucatan Spanish 155
- Stressed Enclitics? 167
- How To Do Things Without Junk 183
- Subject Index 207
