Autosegmental phonology these rules correctly derive the observed data. Autosegmental aims in surface optimizing phonology. Phonology is the study of how sounds are organized and used in natural languages. Phonology is a component of the grammar of language which involves the production, perception as well as the interpretation of sounds. Then john mccarthy 1979 built upon this theory extensively in the verbal derivation of classical arabic. Autosegmental phonology is the name of a framework of phonological analysis proposed by john goldsmith in his phd thesis in 1976 at the massachusetts institute of technology mit as a theory of phonological representation, autosegmental phonology developed a formal account of ideas that had been sketched in earlier work by several linguists, notably bernard bloch 1948. Phonology is the study of the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, accent, intonation, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language. This thesis discusses the phonology and phonological processes that are specific to dagara, a dialect of dagaare in the upper west region, within autosegmental phonology framework, espoused in goldsmith in 1976. Autosegmental phonology thus gave us the tools to express our insights. Autosegmental phonology is a framework of phonological analysis proposed by john goldsmith in his phd thesis in 1976 at the massachusetts institute of technology mit as a theory of phonological representation, autosegmental phonology developed a formal account of ideas that had been sketched in earlier work by several linguists, notably bernard bloch 1948, charles. Leben 1973, these tone patterns were codified in the form of a small set of licensed autosegmental tone melodies, i. Under this view, the distinction between tone languages and stress languages is characterized in terms of the respective domains in which autosegmental operations occur rather than by applying separate theories to tone and stress.
Autosegmental phonology massachusetts institute of. Arabic, autosegmental phonology, phonological alternations 1. Autosegmental phonology is a nonlinear approach to phonology that allows phonological processes, such as tone and vowel harmony, to be independent of and extend beyond individual consonants and vowels. An autosegmental analysis of phonological processes in dagara.
Sep 03, 20 phonology is the study of how sounds are organized and used in natural languages. Mutation has typically been viewed in autosegmental frameworks as an instance of objecttype morphology. Carlos gussenhoven is emeritus professor of general and experimental phonology at radboud university nijmegen, netherlands. The autosegmental framework was originally used to describe tone in tone languages. Rules in autosegmental phonology though autosegmental phonology is nonlinear in its approach, it is still derivational in nature. Understanding phonology is essential reading for students coming to this topic for the first time. As a result, the phonological processes may influence more than one vowel or consonant at a time. For an autosegmental theory of mutation matthew wolf university of massachusetts amherst 1 introduction1 within the familiar european languages, morphemes generally appear to be objects roots and affixes with some lexicallyspecified segmental contents. Jan 22, 2018 we cover the cv tier to see how it functions with geminates and arabic templatic morphology. Ling 403603 introduction to phonology university of delaware.
This theory proposes that the primitive elements of phonology features are not grouped together in unordered bundles segments, but that they lead their own. Mccarthys formal problems in semitic phonology and morphology, 19791985 and subsequent work and. Initially, we must be careful to distinguish autosegmental representations a. Presenting autosegmental phonology1 cambridge core. Autosegmental phonology is a framework of phonological analysis proposed by john goldsmith in his phd thesis in 1976 at the massachusetts institute of technology mit as a theory of phonological representation, autosegmental phonology developed a formal account of ideas that had been sketched in earlier work by several linguists, notably bernard bloch 1948, charles hockett 1955 and j. The phonology of arabic features heavily in the work of the arab grammarians, most notably in the kitab of alsibawayh harun 1983.
The book has evolved as the textbook for a course taught to a mostly undergraduate audience over a number of years in the department of linguistics at ucla. We cover the cv tier to see how it functions with geminates and arabic templatic morphology. Available formats pdf please select a format to send. Universitat tubingen seminar fur sprachwissenschaft. The course meets in lecture for four hours per week, with a one hour. As a theory of phonological representation, autosegmental phonology developed a formal account of ideas that had been sketched in earlier work by several linguists. The relation between morphology and phonology in spoken. Lecture notes introduction to phonology linguistics. An autosegmental approach to problems in reconstructing old. This study argues for a theory in which metrical constituents are inherently headless and stress is autosegmental. Autosegmental phonology treats phonological representations as multidimensional, having several tiers. Introduction morphological processes that take place in some languages are sometimes phonologically conditioned. The relation between morphology and phonology in spoken and signed languages.
The merits of a prenasalizing prefix, as sagart proposes, are compared with a hypothesis based solely on voicing. Under this view, the distinction between tone languages and stress languages is characterized in terms of the respective domains in which autosegmental. The sound patterns of language there are only a dozen or so features needed to describe every speech sound in every human language all the languages in the world sound so different because the way the languages use speech sounds to form patterns differs from language to language. Haike jacobs is professor of french linguistics at radboud university nijmegen, netherlands. The central claim of autosegmental phonology goldsmith 1976 is that tones, features, and lengthweight that is, moras, in the currently prevailing view are representational entities in their own right, not simply attributes of. Lecture notes introduction to phonology linguistics and. The first problem examined is the licensing of old chinese affixes, as proposed by laurent sagart. She has been published in numerous linguistics journals and books. In the past few years a great deal of attention has been paid to the representation of suprasegmental phenomena in phonology, with the resulting development of a number of partly competing theories and models of suprasegmental representation in particular, various versions of autosegmental phonology see, for example, goldsmith 1976. Phonological structure above the level of the segment ch. Researchers report deep similarities of phonological structure in both modalities, such that sign language phonology. Readings introduction to phonology linguistics and. Zsiga is professor in the department of linguistics at georgetown university, where she has been a faculty member since 1994, teaching phonology and phonetics to both graduate and undergraduate students, with concentrations in theoretical, applied, and sociolinguistics. Clements 1976 developed the theory involving vowel harmony and nasal harmony.
The relation between morphology and phonology in spoken and. Turning to a trisyllabic word, we see in 5a that when the toneless causative suffix s. Lets look at the the case of nasal spreading in english. An autosegmental approach to problems in reconstructing. Click here for detailed instructions on how to disable it watch a youtube video showing how to disable it. Autosegmental phonology is the name of a framework of phonological analysis proposed by john goldsmith in his phd thesis in 1976 at the massachusetts institute of technology mit. View autosegmental phonology research papers on academia. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise cambridge core to connect with your account. Autosegmental phonology marc van oostendorp september, 2005 background in this class, we present an overview of some of the basic principles of autosegmental phonology. In other words, choosing an allomorph to represent a particular morpheme in a certain context relies on the phonological properties of.
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