The Phonology of Voicing in Japanese: Theoretical Consequences for Morphological Accessibility

It has been claimed that phonological & morphological rules applying to a form have only limited access to its morphological composition. E. Williams (see LLBA 17/2, 8302575) has proposed the atom condition to account for restricted accessibility as follows "A restriction on the attachment...

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Published in:Linguistic inquiry 1986-01, Vol.17 (1), p.49-73
Main Authors: Ito, Junko, Mester, Ralf-Armin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atoms
Chopsticks
Linguistic morphology
Linguistics
Logical givens
Morphemes
Phonology
Rule of law
Syllables
Vowels
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Summary:It has been claimed that phonological & morphological rules applying to a form have only limited access to its morphological composition. E. Williams (see LLBA 17/2, 8302575) has proposed the atom condition to account for restricted accessibility as follows "A restriction on the attachment of afx to Y can only refer to features realized on Y." The generalization of this condition to all kinds of lexical derivation is discussed & possible counterevidence from Japanese in the form of rendaku - a rule of sequential voicing - is examined. A prosodic analysis of rendaku is presented which makes use of the phonological cycle, multitiered phonological representations, & underspecification of redundant features. Rendaku is factored into several simple autosegmental rules motivated by other facts of the lang. This analysis allows retention of strict morphological inaccessibility & indicates that other potential counterexamples may submit to similar analysis. 39 References. B. Annesser Murray
ISSN:0024-3892
1530-9150