| ROA: | 163 |
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| Title: | Syllable Integrity |
| Authors: | Dan Everett |
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| Length: | 13 |
| Abstract: | This paper argues that syllables may be divided by feet, based on an analysis of Banawa, an Arawan language of the Brazilian Amazon. I argue that this is due to the fact that Syllable Integrity is a violable constraint of UG. This result is important for phonological theory because it improves our understanding of the variable roles of syllables and moras in the phonological systems of individual languages. It also underscores the need for more fieldwork on the prosodic systems of the world's nearly 7000 languages. Available data on the prosodic structures of language lags so far behind data available on other aspects of grammar that it is premature to base predictions concerning prosodies on poorly informed notions of 'rarity' or markedness in prosodic structures. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
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| Article: | Version 1 |