Prefix boundaries in Spanish varieties
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Caroline R. Wiltshire
Abstract
The special phonology of prefixes has often been used to provide arguments for rule ordering or special devices in Optimality Theory. I examine three cases of special behavior in varieties of Spanish: aspiration of /s/ to [h] in Carribean (Harris 1993); velarization of /n/ to [ŋ] in Granadan (Hualde 1992); and the non-fortition of /j/ to [Š] in Argentinian, where otherwise expected (Harris and Kaisse 1999). In all three, prefix-final output segments match word-final outputs in those dialects. Therefore, I analyze prefixed words as containing an internal word boundary, as [pre[fix]PW]PW (Peperkamp 1997), and propose a constraint (family) which prefers weaker forms of consonants at prosodic boundaries, Weak|PW. “Weak” consonants may undergo debuccalization (Lavoie 2000) or resist fortition (Baker and Wiltshire 2003). The account provides for syllabification and segmental alternations at prefix and word edges in a non-derivational OT.
Abstract
The special phonology of prefixes has often been used to provide arguments for rule ordering or special devices in Optimality Theory. I examine three cases of special behavior in varieties of Spanish: aspiration of /s/ to [h] in Carribean (Harris 1993); velarization of /n/ to [ŋ] in Granadan (Hualde 1992); and the non-fortition of /j/ to [Š] in Argentinian, where otherwise expected (Harris and Kaisse 1999). In all three, prefix-final output segments match word-final outputs in those dialects. Therefore, I analyze prefixed words as containing an internal word boundary, as [pre[fix]PW]PW (Peperkamp 1997), and propose a constraint (family) which prefers weaker forms of consonants at prosodic boundaries, Weak|PW. “Weak” consonants may undergo debuccalization (Lavoie 2000) or resist fortition (Baker and Wiltshire 2003). The account provides for syllabification and segmental alternations at prefix and word edges in a non-derivational OT.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Introduction 1
- Spanish complex onsets and the phonetics–phonology interface 15
- Phonological phrasing in Spanish 39
- Hiatus resolution and incomplete identity 62
- Depalatalization in Spanish revisited 74
- Upstepping vowel height 99
- The phonology of nasal consonants in five Spanish dialects 146
- Optimality-theoretic advances in our understanding of Spanish syllable structure 172
- Exceptional hiatuses in Spanish 205
- The Spanish stress window 239
- Morphological structure and phonological domains in Spanish denominal derivation 278
- Gender allomorphy and epenthesis in Spanish 312
- A paradigm account of Spanish number 339
- Prefix boundaries in Spanish varieties 358
- Optimality Theory and language change in Spanish 378
- Duration, voice, and dispersion in stop contrasts from Latin to Spanish 399
- The interaction between faithfulness constraints and sociolinguistic variation 424
- Sonority scales and syllable structure 447
- Foot, word and phrase constraints in first language acquisition of Spanish stress 470
- Acquistion of syllable structure in Spanish 497
- Constraint conflict in the acquisition of clusters in Spanish 525
- Subject index 549
- Index of constraints 559
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Introduction 1
- Spanish complex onsets and the phonetics–phonology interface 15
- Phonological phrasing in Spanish 39
- Hiatus resolution and incomplete identity 62
- Depalatalization in Spanish revisited 74
- Upstepping vowel height 99
- The phonology of nasal consonants in five Spanish dialects 146
- Optimality-theoretic advances in our understanding of Spanish syllable structure 172
- Exceptional hiatuses in Spanish 205
- The Spanish stress window 239
- Morphological structure and phonological domains in Spanish denominal derivation 278
- Gender allomorphy and epenthesis in Spanish 312
- A paradigm account of Spanish number 339
- Prefix boundaries in Spanish varieties 358
- Optimality Theory and language change in Spanish 378
- Duration, voice, and dispersion in stop contrasts from Latin to Spanish 399
- The interaction between faithfulness constraints and sociolinguistic variation 424
- Sonority scales and syllable structure 447
- Foot, word and phrase constraints in first language acquisition of Spanish stress 470
- Acquistion of syllable structure in Spanish 497
- Constraint conflict in the acquisition of clusters in Spanish 525
- Subject index 549
- Index of constraints 559
