Staying away from the weak left edge
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Outi Bat-El
Abstract
The left edge of the word is a strong position; it tends to resist phonological processes and be the left anchor in the formation of hypocoristics, in Hebrew (e.g. [matitjáhu] → [máti]) as well as in other languages. However, when the left edge of the base name hosts a weak segment, it has a good chance of being truncated (e.g. [jisʁaéla] → [ʁéli]). Truncation at the left edge (apheresis), as I show, is gradual; the weaker the segment at the left edge of the base, the greater the tendency to truncate this edge. Truncation at the left edge, as I argue, is a strengthening strategy – strengthening by avoiding the weak.
Abstract
The left edge of the word is a strong position; it tends to resist phonological processes and be the left anchor in the formation of hypocoristics, in Hebrew (e.g. [matitjáhu] → [máti]) as well as in other languages. However, when the left edge of the base name hosts a weak segment, it has a good chance of being truncated (e.g. [jisʁaéla] → [ʁéli]). Truncation at the left edge (apheresis), as I show, is gradual; the weaker the segment at the left edge of the base, the greater the tendency to truncate this edge. Truncation at the left edge, as I argue, is a strengthening strategy – strengthening by avoiding the weak.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Part 1. Vowels
- Lowering harmony in Bantu 13
- On vowel harmony and vowel reduction 37
- Apophony and chiming words in Malay 57
- Understanding what has happened with the ablaut 67
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Part 2. Syllables
- On the licensing of glides 85
- Coda constraints on tone 103
- C/V interactions in strict CV 123
- What does the Moroccan Malħun meter compute, and how? 139
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Part 3. Templates
- Regularities in irregular Chaha verbs 163
- Overlapping morphologies in Arabic hypocoristics 177
- Staying away from the weak left edge 193
- The Modern Hebrew template tQuLa in light of Jean Lowenstamm’s work 209
- Templates and representations in phonology 219
- On templates 235
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Part 4. The Phonology-Syntax interface
- The Ins and Outs of phonology 255
- Phase cycles, φ-cycles, and phonological (In)activity 271
- Sepp vs Paradigms 287
- On Plurals, noun phrase and num(ber) in Moroccan Arabic and Djibouti Somali 303
- The initial CV 315
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Part 5. Selected Issues in Afro-Asiatic (Morpho-)Syntax and Semantics
- Causatives, anticausatives and lexicalization 333
- A note on labeling, Berber states and VSO order 349
- The interpretation of Construct-State morphology 361
- Index 375
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Part 1. Vowels
- Lowering harmony in Bantu 13
- On vowel harmony and vowel reduction 37
- Apophony and chiming words in Malay 57
- Understanding what has happened with the ablaut 67
-
Part 2. Syllables
- On the licensing of glides 85
- Coda constraints on tone 103
- C/V interactions in strict CV 123
- What does the Moroccan Malħun meter compute, and how? 139
-
Part 3. Templates
- Regularities in irregular Chaha verbs 163
- Overlapping morphologies in Arabic hypocoristics 177
- Staying away from the weak left edge 193
- The Modern Hebrew template tQuLa in light of Jean Lowenstamm’s work 209
- Templates and representations in phonology 219
- On templates 235
-
Part 4. The Phonology-Syntax interface
- The Ins and Outs of phonology 255
- Phase cycles, φ-cycles, and phonological (In)activity 271
- Sepp vs Paradigms 287
- On Plurals, noun phrase and num(ber) in Moroccan Arabic and Djibouti Somali 303
- The initial CV 315
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Part 5. Selected Issues in Afro-Asiatic (Morpho-)Syntax and Semantics
- Causatives, anticausatives and lexicalization 333
- A note on labeling, Berber states and VSO order 349
- The interpretation of Construct-State morphology 361
- Index 375
