Spanish Morphophonology
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Sonia Colina
Abstract
In recent years a sizable number of morphophonological phenomena have attracted considerable attention from Spanish phonologists. This article presents a current view of the controversies within the context of two recurring topics: the validity of morphophonological generalizations and the interaction of morphological and phonological processes. Some of the processes discussed are velar and coronal softening, diphthongization, word-classes, stem formatives, nasal depalatalization, diminutive formation and the nature of final -e. It is shown that some phenomena cannot be said to be synchronically active (i.e. coronal and velar softening, final epenthesis, diphthongization, and depalatalization), consisting instead of lexicalized alternants. Plural epenthesis, on the other hand, is argued (contra Bonet) to be an active phenomenon. Pluralization and diminutive formation are said to be morphophonological, not just phonological. Finally, the article addresses the connection between the interaction of morphological and phonological processes to the design of the morphophonological component of the grammar, introducing the issue of a derivational element in non-derivational models of phonology.
© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
Articles in the same Issue
- Front Matter
- CONTENTS
- RESEARCH ARTICLES
- Assessing the Use of Multiple Forms in Variable Contexts: The Relationship between Linguistic Factors and Future-Time Reference in Spanish
- ¿Mejor o peor español? Actitudes lingüísticas de universitarios hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos
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- Contextual Congruence Tense-Demonstration in Spanish: A Temporal Discourse Model-Based Account
- BOOK REVIEWS
- Colina: Spanish Phonology: A Syllabic Perspective
- STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE. Topic: Loan Words
- Gothic Loanwords in Spanish and Portuguese: Evidence for Sounds and Sound Changes
- VIEWPOINTS. Topic: Interfaces
- Spanish Morphophonology
- Prosodia y pragmática
- The Syntax-Semantics Interface in Grammar
- Interfaces in Bilingualism
- DISSERTATION NOTICES
- Question Intonation in Manchego Peninsular Spanish
Articles in the same Issue
- Front Matter
- CONTENTS
- RESEARCH ARTICLES
- Assessing the Use of Multiple Forms in Variable Contexts: The Relationship between Linguistic Factors and Future-Time Reference in Spanish
- ¿Mejor o peor español? Actitudes lingüísticas de universitarios hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos
- Otra mirada a los procesos de gramaticalización del Presente Perfecto en español: Perú y Argentina
- Contextual Congruence Tense-Demonstration in Spanish: A Temporal Discourse Model-Based Account
- BOOK REVIEWS
- Colina: Spanish Phonology: A Syllabic Perspective
- STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE. Topic: Loan Words
- Gothic Loanwords in Spanish and Portuguese: Evidence for Sounds and Sound Changes
- VIEWPOINTS. Topic: Interfaces
- Spanish Morphophonology
- Prosodia y pragmática
- The Syntax-Semantics Interface in Grammar
- Interfaces in Bilingualism
- DISSERTATION NOTICES
- Question Intonation in Manchego Peninsular Spanish
