| ROA: | 305 |
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| Title: | Head-dependence in Jerigonza, a Spanish language game |
| Authors: | Carlos-Eduardo Pineros |
| Comment: | 18 pp. Requires SIL IPA font |
| Length: | 18 |
| Abstract: | Head-dependence in Jerigonza, a Spanish language game Carlos-Eduardo Pineros Central Michigan University Jerigonza is a language game used to disguise Spanish words by adding epenthetic CV-syllables (e.g. àr.CV.té.CV < ár.te 'art'). Every syllable is parsed under a foot and every foot is disyllabic (e.g. [(càr.CV)(tá.CV)] 'letter'. But whereas a version of Jerigonza (JER-A) features trochaic footing, there is another version (JER-B) that exhibits iambic feet (e.g. [(CV.càr)(CV.tá)] 'letter'). This suggests a conflict between the constraints FOOT-FORM(Trochaic) and FOOT-FORM(Iambic). Based on the observation that epenthetic syllables may never bear stress, I propose that Jerigonza is subject to a HEAD-DEP(endence) constraint that targets the head of the foot. It is argued that the iambic footing of JER-B does not result from the ranking FOOT-FORM(Iambic) >> FOOT-FORM(Trochaic). Rather, this foot type arises as an input-dependence effect, which is consistent with the general finding that FOOT-FORM(Trochaic) is the dominant foot-form constraint in Spanish. Jerigonza also represents a case of output-to-output correspondence and it constitutes an alternative to concatenative morphology in Spanish. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
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| Article: | This article has been withdrawn. |