Prominence conditioned transformation in metrical analysis
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John Frampton
Abstract
Crowhurst and Michael (2005) develops an OT analysis of the complex word stress system of Nanti, an Amazonian language of the Kampa group. They claim that the difficulty of developing a transformational analysis of the system clearly demonstrates the superiority of OT. One goal of this paper is to show that their claim is false and the complexities of the system are well within the scope of transformational phonology; a straightforward analysis is possible. The second goal is to show how prominence can naturally be included in rule systems.
Acknowledgements
I have benefited greatly from discussion with Megan Crowhurst and Lev Michael and thank them for it. Lev Michael deserves special thanks for doing the hard work; collecting the Nanti data. Sam Gutmann provided insightful and useful criticism, as did two TLR reviewers and TLR editor.
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