Polarity - Summer Semester 2018
Module 04-046-2014 • Suprasegmental Phonology • Monday 17:15-18:45
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In phonological polarity, phonological values of (parts of) a morpheme assume the opposite values (e.g. voiced vs. unvoiced), depending on the phonological and/or morphological context, to underlying or surface values of the same feature. Whereas segmental and prosodic polarity is a relatively marginal process, tonal polarity is a pervasive property of tone languages raising crucial questions on the phonology-morphology interface and the formal nature of dissimilation processes, and will form the central part of this course.
Readings
General:
- De Lacy, P. (2012) Morpho-phonological Polarity. In: J. Trommer (ed.) The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence. Oxford University Press:121-159.
- Trommer, J. (2009) The Formal Typology of Morphological Polarity, Ms. Leipzig University
- Fitzpatrick, J., Nevins, A. I., & Vaux, B. (2004) Exchαnge rules and feαture-vαlue vαriαbles. Talk at Naphc 2004.
- Wolf, M. (2007) For an Autosegmental Theory of Mutation. In: L. Bateman, Michael O'Keefe, E. Reilly & Adam Werle (ed.) University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics 32: Papers in Optimality Theory III. GLSA:315-404.
Phonological Dissimilation:
- Odden, D. (1994) Adjacency parameters in phonology. Language 70:289-330. (Limor)
- Suzuki, K. (1998) A Typological Investigation of Dissimilation. PhD thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson.
- Bennett, W. (2014) Assimilation, Dissimilation, and Surface Correspondence in Sundanese. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 33(2):371-415. (Johanna)
Morphological Polarity:
- Wunderlich, D. (2012) Polarity and constraints on paradigmatic distinctness. In: J. Trommer (ed.) The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence. Oxford University Press:160-194.
- Baerman, M. (2007) Morphological reversals. Journal of Linguistics 43:33-61.
- Lecarme, Jacqueline (2002) Gender polarity: Theoretical aspects of Somali nominal morphology. In P. Boucher & M. Plénat (eds.) Many morphologies. Cascadilla Press:109-141
- Lahne, Antje (2007) On deriving polarity effects: Method in the chequered madness. Linguistische Arbeits Berichte 85:1-22.
Luo Voicing Polarity
- Alderete, J. (2001) Dominance Effects as Transderivational Anti-Faithfulness. Phonology 18:201-253.
- Trommer, J. (2007) Luo voicing polarity. Ms., Uni Leipzig
Tone
- Cahill, M. (2004) Tone Polarity in Konni Nouns. Studies in African Linguistics 33(1):1-33. (Fatos)
- Hantgan, A. (2009) Does Tone Polarity Exist? Evidence From Plural Formation among Bangime Nouns. Indiana University Working Papers in Linguistics 8:69-83.(Daniel)
- Trommer, J. (2005) Polar Tone in Kanuri. Ms.
- Paster, M. (2010) The Verbal Morphology and Phonology of Asante Twi. Studies in African Linguistics 39(1):77-120.
- Hyman, L. M. & Byarushengo, E. R. (1984) A model of Haya tonology. In: G. N. Clements and John Goldsmith (ed.) Autosegmental studies in Bantu tone. Foris:53- 103.
- Meyase, S. Polar tone in Tenydie, Ms. Uni Leipzig.
- Mortensen, D. R. (2006) Logical and substantive scales in phonology. PhD thesis, UC Berkeley.
- Pulleyblank, D. (1986) Tone in Lexical Phonology. Reidel.
- Snider, K. L. (1990) Tonal Upstep in Krachi: Evidence for a Register Tier. Language 66(3):453-474.
- Trommer, J. (2014) Morphophonological Tone Polarity and Phonological Opacity
University College London:2014. (Slides)
- Trommer, J. (2015) Anticyclic Tone Polarity in Asante Twi,
Tromsø Spellout Workshop:2015. (Slides)
- Trommer, J. (2016) Polarity, Floating Tones and the OCP in Anywa, OCP 13 Budapest:2016. (Abstract |Slides)
Vowels
- Teeple, D. (2007) Intra-paradigmatic contrast in Arabic verbal morphology. Linguistics Research Center, Phonology at Santa Cruz, UCSC, Paper 2007-2. (Bilal)
- Bliese, L. F. (1981) A generative grammar of Afar. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington.
- Yokwe, E. M. (1986) The tonal grammar of Bari. PhD thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Length
- Anderson, S. R. & Browne, W. (1973) On keeping exchange rules in Czech. Comparative Syntax of the Balkan Languages, Papers in Linguistics 6:445-482.
- Topintzi, N. (2008) Weight Polarity in Ancient Greek and other Languages. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Greek Linguistics 2007, 503-517. (Mitja)
- Trommer, J. (2014) Moraic Prefixes and Suffixes in Anywa. Lingua 140:1-34.
Contact
Jochen Trommer
Institut für Linguistik
Universität Leipzig
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