This dissertation proposes that markedness constraints in Optimality Theory are lenient: a
form can be marked with respect to a constraint only if there is another form that is …

This dissertation focuses on a phenomenon that I call vowel intrusion. There are cases
where a vowel can be heard between two consonants, yet the phonology behaves as if no …

There has been a recurrent debate in generative phonology concerning the inclusion of
hierarchical prosodic structure in phonological representations. On one side, there are those …

This article argues that, contrary to some recent proposals, a given phonological form may
be organised into at most one array of metrical structure at a time. The bulk of the paper is …

Anderson (2008) emphasizes that the space of possible grammars must be constrained by
limits not only on what is cognitively representable, but on what is learnable. Focusing on …

Abstract Novo mesto Slovenian, a South Slavic language, exhibits a process of unstressed/i/-
deletion that appears to be construction-specific: it applies in verbs and participles, but not in …

Prosodic factors affect morpheme form. Reduplicative morphemes often take the shape of
the prosodic units syllable, foot, or prosodic word, regardless of the size of the base to which …

A re-evaluation of ‘disjoint’ footing Page 1 A re-evaluation of ‘disjoint’ footing Ryan Bennett
Yale University April 2013 1 Introduction It has sometimes been suggested that a single …

Economy of Representation and Syncope Page 1 1 Economy of Representation and Syncope
Maria Gouskova University of Massachusetts, Amherst mgouskova@linguist.umass.edu Если …

There has been a recurrent debate in generative phonology concerning the inclusion of
hierarchical prosodic structure in phonological representations. On one side, there are those …