A Metrical Analysis of Syncope in Tlingit 1

A seemingly idiosyncratic set of verbal prefixes in Tlingit undergo an ellipsis alternation very similar to standard cases of syncope. I argue for a constraint-based analysis of this alternation, in which the ellipsis results from constraints governing metrical wellformedness. This analysis is shown...

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Main Author: Seth Cable
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spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.387.6937 2023-05-15T15:26:09+02:00 A Metrical Analysis of Syncope in Tlingit 1 Seth Cable The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.387.6937 http://roa.rutgers.edu/files/714-0205/714-CABLE-0-0.PDF en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.387.6937 http://roa.rutgers.edu/files/714-0205/714-CABLE-0-0.PDF Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://roa.rutgers.edu/files/714-0205/714-CABLE-0-0.PDF text ftciteseerx 2016-09-18T00:36:01Z A seemingly idiosyncratic set of verbal prefixes in Tlingit undergo an ellipsis alternation very similar to standard cases of syncope. I argue for a constraint-based analysis of this alternation, in which the ellipsis results from constraints governing metrical wellformedness. This analysis is shown to explain many puzzling nuances of the alternation, including the seemingly idiosyncratic set of prefixes it applies to. Furthermore, the metrical system proposed for Tlingit is strikingly similar to that reported for certain Athabascan languages, the sole difference resting in the relative rank of two constraints. 1. Text Athabascan tlingit Unknown
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description A seemingly idiosyncratic set of verbal prefixes in Tlingit undergo an ellipsis alternation very similar to standard cases of syncope. I argue for a constraint-based analysis of this alternation, in which the ellipsis results from constraints governing metrical wellformedness. This analysis is shown to explain many puzzling nuances of the alternation, including the seemingly idiosyncratic set of prefixes it applies to. Furthermore, the metrical system proposed for Tlingit is strikingly similar to that reported for certain Athabascan languages, the sole difference resting in the relative rank of two constraints. 1.
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