The Cycle in Phonology: Stress in Palestinian, Maltese, and Spanish

The hypothesis that stress rules apply cyclically in natural languages is supported. A survey of phonological alternations in Palestinian, Arabic, Maltese, and Spanish leads to the postulation of an ordered set of phonological rules for each language. Constraints and rules on natural bracketings and...

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Published in:Linguistic inquiry 1974-01, Vol.5 (1), p.39-60
Main Author: Brame, Michael K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adverbs
Lexical stress
Metathesis
Object pronouns
Phonetics
Phonological stress
Syncope
Verbs
Vowels
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Summary:The hypothesis that stress rules apply cyclically in natural languages is supported. A survey of phonological alternations in Palestinian, Arabic, Maltese, and Spanish leads to the postulation of an ordered set of phonological rules for each language. Constraints and rules on natural bracketings and constraints on the cycle in phonology are proposed based on these data. Examples from each language are presented in support of the hypotheses presented.
ISSN:0024-3892
1530-9150