Old English i-umlaut (for the umpteenth time)
- ms. — published as: Anderson, John M. 2005. Old English i-umlaut (for the umpteenth time). English Language and Linguistics 9, 195-224.
- The paper offers an account of i-umlaut in Old English based on lexical minimality: the elimination of redundancies from, in this case, the phonological sub-entry in the lexicon. The notation is that of Anderson & Ewen (1987) Principles of dependency phonology, which is based on simplex features which may combine in varying proportions. These assumptions combine to favour system-dependent underspecification. In accord with lexical minimality, the approach taken here is also polysystemic: thus, for instance, Old English vowels, even Old English accented vowels, do not enter into only one system of contrasts. The phonology is a system of systems sharing some but not all contrasts. The paper attempts to show that on this basis some of the many apparent anomalies that the evidence has been thought to suggest can be resolved in terms of a simple coherent formulation.
- 34 pages, 372kb
Autor:
Anderson, John M.
Jahr:
2 003
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DP
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