The Phonology-morphology Interface in Malay
The Phonology-morphology Interface in Malay

Author: Zaharani Ahmad

Publisher: Pacific Linguistics

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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This book gives an exhaustive description on the phonology and the interface between phonology and morphology of the Malay language. The description primarily focuses on the segmental alternations that are derived due the morphological processes of prefixation, suffixation and reduplication. It is observed that the phonology of prefixation, suffixation and reduplication in the language are quite distinct both in character and degree of generality. Processes that are visibly active in prefixation are generally not active in the suffixation or reduplication, and vice versa. This asymmetry has not been satisfactorily accounted for in previous works. The phonological analysis proposed in this book is couched in the theoretical framework of Correspondence Theory, set within the constraint-based approach of Optimality Theory. The asymmetry between prefixation, suffixation and reduplication is satisfactorily accounted for as a consequence of the output candidate best satisfying the language's constraint hierarchy.

The Phonology and Morphology of Reduplication
The Phonology and Morphology of Reduplication

Author: Eric Raimy

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2012-10-25

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 311082583X

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This book proposes a new representational analysis of reduplication based on making explicit precedence relations in phonological representations. The main claim is that reduplication results from loops in the precedence structure of phonological representations. Modular rule based analyses of overapplication and underapplication effects including backcopying are presented to argue against the McCarthy and Prince (1995) claim that a derivational model of reduplication is conceptually and empirically inadequate. Other sections of the book discuss the implications of explicit precedence information for the concatenation of morphemes, the analysis of infixation, and templates in reduplication. Analyses of relevant phenomena from Indonesian, Tohono Oodham, Chaha, Chumash and Nancowry among other languages are provided.

The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence
The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence

Author: Jochen Trommer

Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)

Published: 2012-09-27

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 0199573735

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This book addresses the common problems, questions, and solutions of exponence, which concern the mapping of morphosyntactic structure to phonological representations. Leading specialists formulate a coherent research programme for exponence, integrating the central insights of the last decades and providing challenges for the future.