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Reconsidering the Constraint-based Analysis of Kyrgyz Manner Alternation
| Title: | Reconsidering the Constraint-based Analysis of Kyrgyz Manner Alternation |
| Authors: | SUGANUMA, Kentaro Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Kyrgyz | | phonology | | manner alternation | | Optimality Theory |
| Issue Date: | 20-Mar-2023 |
| Publisher: | 日本北方言語学会 |
| Journal Title: | 北方言語研究 |
| Journal Title(alt): | Northern Language Studies |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Start Page: | 39 |
| End Page: | 60 |
| Abstract: | Kyrgyz shows manner alternation of /n/ and /l/; that is, /n/ and /l/ alternate to obstruent /d/ or /t/ under certain environments. /n/-alternation in Kyrgyz is observed in two positions: suffix-initial position and root-final position: the suffix-initial /n/ alternates after any consonant (n → d/ C-__), while the root-final /n/ alternates after /r/ (n → d/r__]root). /l/-alternation occurs in /l/-initial suffixes; /l/ alternates after any consonant other than /j/ and /r/ (l → d/ {C[+lateral], C[+nasal], C[-sonorant]}-__) and /l/ optionally alternates after /r/ only if /l/ belongs to a derivational suffix (l → d/ r-__). Recently, Gouskova (2004) and Zhu (2018) have applied Optimality Theory (OT, Prince and Smolensky 1993/2004) to the analysis of these alternations. OT analyzes phonological phenomena by violable constraints and their rankings. However, none of the rankings proposed in previous studies is sufficient to capture Kyrgyz manner alternation. For example, Gouskova’s (2004) ranking predicts that /l/ alternates after /j/, and Zhu’s (2018) ranking cannot explain the optional /l/-alternation after /r/. Therefore, this paper proposes the following new constraint ranking that accounts for Kyrgyz manner alternation.
Ranking: AGR-[±VOI], *RIS SON, *[C[LIQUID]N] > ID ROOT [NAS] >*FLAT, *[JN] > ID INFL SUF > ID DER SUF, *[RL] > *[JL] |
| Type: | bulletin (article) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/89074 |
| Appears in Collections: | 北方言語研究 = Northern Language Studies > 第13号
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