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Weak Edges and Final Geminates in Swiss German ...
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Spaelti, Philip. - : GLSA (Graduate Linguistic Student Association), Dept. of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, 2002
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Abstract:
A fundamental property of geminate consonants, geminates for short, is that they contribute to syllable weight in a similar manner than does vowel length. This property is expressed directly in a theory that treats geminates as consonants associated with an underlying mora (Prince 1980, McCarthy & Prince 1986). This paper defends the view that underlying moraicity is in fact the only distinguishing characteristic of geminates. Such a treatment is more restrictive than a theory that sees geminates as double consonants, since it predicts that geminates do not have two ‘halves’ that can be manipulated independantly. For example in a theory which considers geminates double consonants, extrametricality could affect only one of the pair. This is exactly the approach taken by Levin (1989), in work on noun lengthening in Ponapean, arguing that the moraic theory of geminates is inadequate.Virtually the same phenomenon occurs in Swiss German. Analyzing these cases within the framework of Optimality Theory (Prince ...
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URL: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/41846/
https://dx.doi.org/10.7282/t3t72fgc
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