Type-C Emphatic Reduplication in Sakha
Sakha (Yakut) is a Turkic language spoken in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Like many other Turkic languages, Sakha allows reduplication. One pattern is a reduplicative prefix CVp-, which intensifies adjectives (e.g. kirdex ‘dirty’; kip-kirdex ‘very dirty’). It involves fixed segmentism of /p/ and...
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ftunivpenn:oai:repository.upenn.edu:20.500.14332/58738 2023-10-29T02:39:46+01:00 Type-C Emphatic Reduplication in Sakha Chan, May P. Y. 2023-01-01 application/pdf https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/58738 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14332/58738 unknown https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/58738 6 University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics true published Working Paper 2023 ftunivpenn https://doi.org/20.500.14332/58738 2023-09-30T22:23:52Z Sakha (Yakut) is a Turkic language spoken in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Like many other Turkic languages, Sakha allows reduplication. One pattern is a reduplicative prefix CVp-, which intensifies adjectives (e.g. kirdex ‘dirty’; kip-kirdex ‘very dirty’). It involves fixed segmentism of /p/ and is described in the literature as emphatic or ‘Type-C’ reduplication. This pattern is the focus of the present work. Using data from both existing literature and a consultant, this study captures using a traditional OT approach: (i) the general pattern of fixed segmentism in type-C reduplication, (ii) optional OCP effects, and (iii) monophthongization or vowel shortening effects in the reduplicant. Report Republic of Sakha Sakha Yakut Yakutia University of Pennsylvania: ScholaryCommons@Penn |
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Sakha (Yakut) is a Turkic language spoken in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Like many other Turkic languages, Sakha allows reduplication. One pattern is a reduplicative prefix CVp-, which intensifies adjectives (e.g. kirdex ‘dirty’; kip-kirdex ‘very dirty’). It involves fixed segmentism of /p/ and is described in the literature as emphatic or ‘Type-C’ reduplication. This pattern is the focus of the present work. Using data from both existing literature and a consultant, this study captures using a traditional OT approach: (i) the general pattern of fixed segmentism in type-C reduplication, (ii) optional OCP effects, and (iii) monophthongization or vowel shortening effects in the reduplicant. |
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Chan, May P. Y. |
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Type-C Emphatic Reduplication in Sakha |
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Type-C Emphatic Reduplication in Sakha |
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Type-C Emphatic Reduplication in Sakha |
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Type-C Emphatic Reduplication in Sakha |
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Type-C Emphatic Reduplication in Sakha |
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type-c emphatic reduplication in sakha |
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Republic of Sakha Sakha Yakut Yakutia |
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Republic of Sakha Sakha Yakut Yakutia |
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