Universität Konstanz
Fachbereich Sprachwissenschaft SFB 471 "Variation und Entwicklung im Lexikon" Förderperiode 1. Januar 1997 - 31. Dezember 2008 |
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Projekt A-25Morphophonological Variation at Word Edges: Evidence from Romance
Kurzbeschreibung des Projekts Morphophonological variation at word edges, or "phrasal allomorphy", such as word-final segment deletion or insertion, has played an important role in investigations of the interface between phonology, morphology and syntax. What is specific to phenomena of phrasal allomorphy is that the context conditioning the alternation is larger than the word. Yet morphological theories often conceive of the word as the privileged domain of morphophonological variation. Therefore, cases of phrasal allomorphy present a challenge to many theories of the morphological component. In investigating phrasal allomorphy, this project sets out to address the following questions:
These questions shall be dealt with by studying different,
but closely interrelated phenomena: on one hand, patterns of
word-final vowel deletion which may be attributed to
phonological processes, but which are nevertheless subject to
morphological and lexical conditioning, and on the other hand,
function word allomorphy, such as alternations in the form of
determiners and pronouns, which historically relate to
phonological processes like word-final vowel deletion, but
which, under a synchronic perspective, can only be considered
as morphological alternations. In investigating these
phenomena, the project will focus on Italian, Piemontese and
Catalan, because these languages exhibit particularly
interesting patterns of morphophonological variation at word
edges. We shall aim at both a synchronic and a diachronic view
of the phenomena investigated. |
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