Some things you just cannot share: On Schneider’s Law, geminates and syllables
Various dialects of Inuktitut present consonant reduction in sequences of consonant clusters due to an alleged ban on syllable-adjacent geminates. This ban has been known as Schneider’s Law (henceforth SL). The present paper re-approaches its definition, focusing on the markedness of geminates and t...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Selected papers on theoretical and applied linguistics
2023
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Online Access: | http://ejournals.lib.auth.gr/thal/article/view/9204 https://doi.org/10.26262/istal.v24i0.9204 |
Summary: | Various dialects of Inuktitut present consonant reduction in sequences of consonant clusters due to an alleged ban on syllable-adjacent geminates. This ban has been known as Schneider’s Law (henceforth SL). The present paper re-approaches its definition, focusing on the markedness of geminates and their co-existence in a single syllable. We claim that the underlying cause of SL lies in the fact that two geminates under a single syllable node render the syllable ‘super-marked’ thus calling for simplification of one of the two geminates. We also propose that SL is a more widespread phenomenon applying to other languages too including Japanese, Dogrib and Trukese. |
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