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The Rhythmic and Prosodic Organization of Edge Constituents: An Optimality-Theoretic Account

By Henrietta J. Hung

Henrietta J. Hung addresses the phenomenon traditionally known as Extrametricality, whereby a final constituent is sometimes excluded for the purposes of determining the location of stress. Empirically, one important contribution of this work is the examination of a number of languages--Negev Bedouin Arabic, Hixkaryana, Axininca Campa, Cayuga, Choctaw, Aguaruna, Southern Paiute, Hopi, Ulwa, Yidiñ, Ojibwa, Creek, Araucanian, Cairene Arabic, Latin--exhibiting the phenomenon in question. Couched within the framework of Optimality Theory, the approach focuses on the when and the why of the issue, revealing a broad range of effects for which a typological analysis is given. It is suggested that final stress is non-rhythmic, and that depending on the position occupied by such a constraint in the hierarchy of a given grammar, different effects will be observed, one of these being Extrametricality.

178 pages
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