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:pwpl-2203 2023-06-18T03:42:51+02:00 Type-C Emphatic Reduplication in Sakha Chan, May P. Y. 2023-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://repository.upenn.edu/pwpl/vol29/iss1/6 https://repository.upenn.edu/context/pwpl/article/2203/viewcontent/Chan_pag.pdf unknown ScholarlyCommons https://repository.upenn.edu/pwpl/vol29/iss1/6 https://repository.upenn.edu/context/pwpl/article/2203/viewcontent/Chan_pag.pdf University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics text 2023 ftunivpenn 2023-06-03T22:23:42Z 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. Text Republic of Sakha Sakha Yakut Yakutia University of Pennsylvania: ScholaryCommons@Penn Sakha |
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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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Type-C Emphatic Reduplication in Sakha |
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