Arizona Phonology Conferencehttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/2261032024-03-29T00:37:20Z2024-03-29T00:37:20ZPreface (Southwest Workshop on Optimality Theory 4, 1998)http://hdl.handle.net/10150/2272842020-04-02T10:52:01Z1998-01-01T00:00:00ZPreface (Southwest Workshop on Optimality Theory 4, 1998)
Maye, Jessica; Miyashita, Mizuki
1998-01-01T00:00:00ZRoots and Correspondence: Denominal Verbs in Modern HebrewUssishkin, Adamhttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/2272932020-04-02T11:03:11Z1998-01-01T00:00:00ZRoots and Correspondence: Denominal Verbs in Modern Hebrew
Ussishkin, Adam
Maye, Jessica; Miyashita, Mizuki
Modern Hebrew exhibits a derivational process known as Denominai Verb Formation (DVF) whereby a base form, usually a noun, may become a verb. This process has been analyzed by several researchers (Bat-El 1994, Gafos 1995, Sharvit 1994) but to date a comprehensive, principled account has not been proposed. In this paper, it is my aim to present such a principled account of DVF, within Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993). This account crucially relies on the consonantal root, arguing against the proposal of Bat-El (1994) that the root plays no role in DVF. In addition, I propose to capture the well known effects of left-to-right spreading attested throughout Semitic (McCarthy 1979, 1981, et seq.) using a new form of Anchor constraints. These new Anchor constraints will be useful in accounting for cases of consonant doubling, which is attested in a subset of Modern Hebrew denominai verbs. Finally, I show that Bat-El's (1994) arguments against the consonantal root can be recast as reasons to adopt a separate dimension of correspondence relations in the analysis: namely, the dimension of Output-Output Correspondence, following work of, e.g., Benua (1995, 1997) and Burzio (1996).
1998-01-01T00:00:00ZCausative Formation in Kammu: Prespecified Features and Single Consonant ReduplicationTakeda, Kazuehttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/2272922020-04-02T10:18:28Z1998-01-01T00:00:00ZCausative Formation in Kammu: Prespecified Features and Single Consonant Reduplication
Takeda, Kazue
Maye, Jessica; Miyashita, Mizuki
1998-01-01T00:00:00ZLess Stress, Less Pressure, Less VoiceMiyashita, Mizukihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/2272912020-04-02T09:58:47Z1998-01-01T00:00:00ZLess Stress, Less Pressure, Less Voice
Miyashita, Mizuki
Maye, Jessica; Miyashita, Mizuki
In this paper, I provide an analysis of Tohono O'odham vowel devoicing with respect to physiological explanation. There are three points in this paper. First, this paper provides data of devoicing (consonants and vowels) in Tohono O'odham. Second, analysis of devoicing in terms of subglottal pressure drop is provided. Third, the devoicing is accounted for within the framework of OT (McCarthy and Prince 1993, Prince and Smolensky 1993). The organization of the paper is as follows. In section 2, the background of the language including both voiced and voiceless vowels is described. In section 3, the data of Tohono O'odham words with voiceless vowels are provided. Then the distribution of devoiced segments is discussed. In section 4, an analysis of devoicing with respect to subglottal pressure drop is presented with schematic diagrams. Then an OT account utilizing phonetic constraints is presented.
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