| ROA: | 325 |
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| Title: | The prosodic representation of clitics in Irish |
| Authors: | Antony D. Green |
| Comment: | 24 pp. @ A4 size (first file) or 25 pp. @ letter size (second file) |
| Length: | 24 |
| Abstract: | The prosodic representation of clitics in Irish Antony Dubach Green Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft In this paper I discuss evidence from Irish that indicates that proclitics in this language are usually incorporated into the phonological phrase, as a sister of the prosodic word containing the clitic's lexical host. Under certain circumstances, however, the final consonant of a clitic may become the onset of a vowel-initial lexical word. In the event that the clitic consists solely of a consonant, the clitic and host will be inside the same prosodic word. I aim to show firstly that the prosodic analysis of clitics can vary within a single language and secondly that it is possible for a prosodic word to consist of morphologically "arbitrary" strings of sounds, rather than exclusively of complete morphemes. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
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| Article: | Part 1 Part 2 |