OCP Verona 2019 - 16th Old World Conference on Phonology

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OCP Verona 2019 - 16th Old World Conference on Phonology
  from 1/16/19 to 1/18/19
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Full abstract:

After decades of research, the correct representation of geminates remains debatable. The two main proposals view geminates as either segmentally long (Ringen & Vago 2011) or as syllabically heavy (Davis 2011). Despite partial success in tackling some of the data, none of the approaches manages to account for all the attested facts. In fact, a shared drawback is the inability to predict a pattern that has been reported in Ngalakgan – and other Australian languages – in which geminate consonants appear weightless, although other singleton coda consonants emerge as moraic. 

 We further demonstrate that the proposed representations correctly predict the typology of attested combinations of geminates and singleton coda consonants in the languages of the world. Unique in our approach is the ability to represent and maintain the contrast between singletons and geminates emerging and co-occurring in various positions within the word, and not just wordmedially. We exemplify with case studies from Trukese and Thurgovian Swiss. 

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Programme Director
Birgit Alber
Department
Foreign Languages and Literatures
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