Optimality Theory and Variable Word-Final Deletion in Faetar.
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| Title: | Optimality Theory and Variable Word-Final Deletion in Faetar. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Nagy, Naomi, Reynolds, Bill |
| Source: | Language Variation and Change. 1997 9(1):37-55. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 1997 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research Journal Articles |
| Descriptors: | Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Foreign Countries, French, Language Variation, Linguistic Theory, Models, Oral Language, Phonetics, Sociolinguistics, Statistical Analysis, Vertical Organization |
| Geographic Terms: | Italy |
| ISSN: | 0954-3945 |
| Abstract: | Examines a pattern of end-of-word deletion in Faetar, a Francoprovencal dialect spoken in southern Italy, and considers synchronic variants. The article uses the word "deletion" as a synchronic description of the fact that speakers do not always phonetically produce everything in the input form. Optimality Theory accounts for such variation by positing different rankings of the constraint hierarchy. (12 references) (Author/CK) |
| Entry Date: | 1997 |
| Accession Number: | EJ544594 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Examines a pattern of end-of-word deletion in Faetar, a Francoprovencal dialect spoken in southern Italy, and considers synchronic variants. The article uses the word "deletion" as a synchronic description of the fact that speakers do not always phonetically produce everything in the input form. Optimality Theory accounts for such variation by positing different rankings of the constraint hierarchy. (12 references) (Author/CK) |
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| ISSN: | 0954-3945 |
