Overview

Optimality Theory has become the dominant approach to studying phonology, including analyses of the mapping from syntactic structure to prosodic structure. However, when syntactic and prosodic structures are represented as trees, it is difficult, if not impossible, to systematically generate by hand all the possible prosodic parses that must be considered in an Optimality Theory investigation for any given syntactic input. Consequently, most existing syntax-prosody analyses are in this way incomplete, compromising their validity. This volume presents a series of complete analyses of the syntax-prosody interface, thanks to their use of the Syntax-Prosody in Optimality Theory (SPOT) application. This JavaScript application, developed by the editors of this volume, automates candidate generation and constraint evaluation, making a rigorous Optimality Theory analysis of syntax-prosody possible. SPOT allows the user to test the typological predictions of the numerous proposed constraints on prosodic markedness and syntax-prosody mapping, so that researchers can make progress toward determining which formulations of the constraints should actually be part of the universal constraint set. A theme of the volume is comparing Selkirk’s Match Theory with the older Align Theory of syntax-prosody mapping, finding that both are needed, at least in some languages.

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Author:   Jennifer Bellik ,  Junko Ito ,  Nick Kalivoda ,  Armin Mester
Publisher:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Weight:   3.116kg
ISBN:  

9781800502758

ISBN 10:   1800502753
Pages:   558
Publication Date:   15 June 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Syntax-Prosody in Optimality Theory Jennifer Bellik, Junko Ito, Nick Kalivoda, and Armin Mester Part I: Gen Settings 2. Counting Tree Parses Edward Shingler (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Jennifer Bellik 3. Branching Sensitivity, Prosodic Recursion, and Mapping Constraints Max Tarlov (University of California, Santa Cruz) Part II: Match Theory 4. Overtly Headed XPs and Irish Syntax–Prosody Mapping Nick Kalivoda 5. Constraining Subcategory-Sensitive Match Constraints Nicholas Van Handel, Dan Brodkin, and Benjamin Eischens (all at University of California, Santa Cruz) 6. Visibility Settings for Match Theory Nicholas Van Handel Part III: Align Theory 7. Interactions of Matching, Alignment, and Binarity in Japanese and Beyond Nick Kalivoda 8. Clitic Movement in Chamorro Richard Bibbs (University of California, Santa Cruz) 9. Tone Sandhi in Xiamen Chinese Yaqing Cao (University of California, Santa Cruz), Richard Bibbs, and Jennifer Bellik Part IV: Prosodic Well-Formedness Constraints 10. Size Effects in Prosody: Branch-Counting, Leaf-Counting, and Uniformity Jennifer Bellik and Nicholas Van Handel 11. Stringency Hierarchies in Prosodic Sisterhood: Jennifer Bellik Tutorial 12. How to Use SPOT Jennifer Bellik and Nick Kalivoda

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Jennifer Bellik is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Junko Ito is a Research Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Nick Kalivoda is a postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University. Armin Mester is Research Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Jennifer Bellik is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Junko Ito is a Research Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Nick Kalivoda is a postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University. Armin Mester is Research Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Jennifer Bellik is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Junko Ito is a Research Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Nick Kalivoda is a postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University. Armin Mester is Research Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Jennifer Bellik is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Junko Ito is a Research Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Nick Kalivoda is a postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University. Armin Mester is Research Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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