2014
DOI: 10.3765/amp.v1i1.37
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Prototypical Predicates Have Unmarked Phonology

Abstract: Recent work recognizes that phonological processes and phonotactics can be sensitive to lexical category. Moreover, there are strong cross-linguistic tendencies concerning the nature of phonological differences between categories. One such tendency is a hierarchy of phonological privilege, N &gt; A &gt; V: nouns tend to license more phonological contrasts and tolerate more marked structures than adjectives, with verbs showing the least privilege and therefore the greatest phonological unmarkedness.<… Show more

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“…The generalisation above has been theoretically expressed in the form of ‘name‐specific faithfulness’. Proponents of the idea (Jaber & Omari, 2018; Moreton et al., 2017; also see Smith, 2014, p. 1) claim that proper names are inherently placed high in the hierarchy of grammatical privilege and that faithfulness constraints relativised to them are universally available. This is an extension of the theory of positional faithfulness (Beckman, 1997, 1999).…”
Section: Greater Faithfulnessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The generalisation above has been theoretically expressed in the form of ‘name‐specific faithfulness’. Proponents of the idea (Jaber & Omari, 2018; Moreton et al., 2017; also see Smith, 2014, p. 1) claim that proper names are inherently placed high in the hierarchy of grammatical privilege and that faithfulness constraints relativised to them are universally available. This is an extension of the theory of positional faithfulness (Beckman, 1997, 1999).…”
Section: Greater Faithfulnessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Smith (2013Smith ( , 2014 argues that this is the basis for a di↵erence in the distribution of unaccentedness among unaccusative and unergative verbs in Tokyo Japanese.…”
Section: Phonological Privilege Correlates With Prototypicalitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tranel (1981) questionsDell's (1970) generalisation about the absence of stem-internal oeV sequences, noting that oeV is found in proper names like Panhard [pÒaʁ]. However, this can be understood as the result of a positional privilege afforded to proper nouns(Smith 2014, Moreton et al 2017 that does not alter the basic generalisation about stem-internal phonotactic restrictions.…”
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