| ROA: | 279 |
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| Title: | Reduplicative Identity in Chaha |
| Authors: | Michael Kenstowicz, Degif Petros |
| Comment: | 19 pages. Requires Mac font contained in file "Other" |
| Length: | 19 |
| Abstract: | Reduplicative Identity in Chaha Michael Kenstowicz and Degif Petros MIT In this paper we discuss the process of continuant dissimilation in Chaha (a Western Gurage language of Ethiopia) which derives [k] from /x/. We argue that the notion of correspondence is crucial to an adequate account of the process. In particular, two different correspondence relations are at play: Base-Reduplicant correspondence (McCarthy & Prince 1995) and Output-Output correspondence (Benua 1995, Burzio 1996, Ito & Mester 1997, Kenstowicz 1996, Steriade 1997, among others). Chaha reduplication is of more than passing interest because it provides a clear example of "back copy" in which the output of reduplication triggers a change in its correspondent (a phenomenon first identified by Wilbur 1973). |
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| Article: | Version 1 |