Egg, Onion, Ouch! On The Representation Of Dutch Diphthongs

Zonneveld, Wim; Trommelen, Mieke

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-8855-2_13

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“…No doubt the fact that the leftmost position of the rime is always occupied by a vowel follows from universal considerations, while the rightmost position appears simply to be free: it may be a vowel as second half of a long vowel, it may be the second half of a diphthong (which pattern with long vowels in Dutch; see Zonneveld and Trommelen 1980), and it may be a sonorant or an obstruent consonant, as in (8) and (9). Especially with regard to the latter we differ from Trommelen (1983), who has an XX-rime if a sonorant occupies second position, but allows XXX if there is an obstruent in third position (pamflet, plank-ton).…”

Section: ?Idmentioning

confidence: 99%

Schwa, Syllables, and Extrametricality in Dutch

Kager¹,

Zonneveld²

1986

The Linguistic Review

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Most theories of modern phonology now seem to recognize that words consist of concatenations of syllables, as in (1), where each separate syllable conforms to the syllable restrictions of the language, be they linear, hierarchical, filterlike, template-like, or what have you. Furthermore, some models, such as the metrical phonology model adopted here, allow for larger possibilities at the left and right word-edges in the form of extrasyllabic elements, such as the final dentals of Herbst 'autumn' in German (Halle and Vergnaud 1980:95, after Haugen 1956). Schematically:(1) [ex] a a a [ex] Thus, words are concatenations of "possible syllables", while extrasyllabic elements are subject to the probably universal condition that they appear at the edges of relevant domains; see also Harris (1983) on the Spanish syllable and similar work by Hayes (1982) on English stress. Taking this concatenative view of syllable structure as our point of departure, we discuss in this paper a body of data from Dutch, which concern the situation depicted in (2). We will discuss the syllabic and metrical possibilities, including sonority and stress, of the right-hand word-edge containing and preceding schwa:The behavior of schwa in Dutch is the subject of a lively debate in phonological analyses of the language, and our specific purpose here will be to show how the various aspects of its behavior can be correlated within the metrical syllabic and accentual framework.

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Section: ?Idmentioning

confidence: 99%

Schwa, Syllables, and Extrametricality in Dutch

Kager¹,

Zonneveld²

1986

The Linguistic Review

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“…In fact, if one analyses these entities as short vowels followed by a /j/ or /w/, they fit the paradigm of rhymes that contain a short vowels and a sonorant liquid or nasal (as suggested in van der Hulst, 1984). However, Zonneveld and Trommelen (1980) show that diphthongs behave like 'superheavy syllables' with regard to stress, and that means that, like 'superheavy syllables', they do act like branching feet. Also, if /j/ and /w/ are analysed as vowel entities in consonant position, it could be argued that two vocalic units within the rhyme are not possible, just as two obstruents are not possible in a branching onset.…”

Section: Diphthongs As Two Rhymesmentioning

confidence: 94%

The Dutch diminutive

Hülst

2008

Lingua

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“…Dutch has a well-known phonological process of "coloring" of a (long) vowel when it is followed by r. See, for instance, Zonneveld and Trommelen (1980), Nespor and Vogel (1986), Trommelen and Zonneveld (1989b). The rule operates both in foreign and native words.…”

Section: Vowel Coloring Before Rmentioning

confidence: 99%