Metaphony as Magnetism

Marc van Oostendorp, R.A.G. D'Alessandro

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Abstract

Metaphony in Romance poses a well-known problem for Element Theory, as it seems to involve lowering. [D’Alessandro and van Oostendorp (2016)] propose to solve this by assuming some suffixes are ‘ |A| Eaters’, absorbing the |A| element from the stem vowel without getting phonetically realized themselves. This paper points to some problems with this analysis, and shows that Magnetic Grammar, a framework in which all linguistic variation is encoded in features, might help to solve them.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStructuring Variation in Romance Linguistics and Beyond
Subtitle of host publicationIn honour of Leonardo M. Savoia
EditorsMirko Grimaldi, Rosangela Lai, Ludovico Franco, Benedetta Baldi
PublisherJohn Benjamins
Pages297–306
ISBN (Print)9789027201904
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Publication series

NameLinguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
Volume152

Keywords

  • phonology
  • Element Theory
  • Magnetic Grammar
  • primitives

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