English Prosodic Morphology
This is the first modern book-length empirical study and theoretical account of English truncatory processes. On the basis of a corpus comprising some 3000 derivatives, the book provides a systematic investigation of the structural properties of six diffe
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This book has been published in cooperation with the editors of the journal Morphology, also published by Springer. The aim of Morphology is to publish high quality articles that contribute to the understanding of morphological phenomena and to the articulation of morphological theory and linguistic theory in general. The editors also function as intermediaries in the publication of monographs sharing the aims and ambitions of the journal. This monograph is the first result of this arrangement. Geert Booij Jennifer Hay Ingo Plag
ENGLISH PROSODIC MORPHOLOGY
SABINE LAPPE University of Siegen Germany
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008920293
ISBN 978-1-4020-6005-2 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-6006-9 (ebook)
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This work is a revised version of the author’s doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of Siegen in August 2005 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.).
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CONTENTS PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
XI
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIII INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1. ENGLISH PROSODIC MORPHOLOGY: MORPHOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 A Phonological Theory of a Morphological Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Prosodic Morphology – The Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.2 Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.3 English Prosodic Morphological Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.4 English y-hypocoristics: Further Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 English Prosodic Morphology and Word Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.1 The Form of the Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.2 The New-word Status of Truncated Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2. ENGLISH PROSODIC MORPHOLOGY: PROSODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Descriptive
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