Which syntactic information gets interpreted by phonosyntactic processes? Evidence from /u/ propagation in Southern Italian dialects (original) (raw)
Approaches to Metaphony in the Languages of Italy
'(they) it(f.) chase' c. [u katˈtʃaeβəsə] '(you) it chased' Cerchiara In Stigliano in (7)-(9) (Savoia 1987), harmonic spreading affects all stressed vowels and also pre-tonic /a/. The presence of [ə] between the trigger of the harmony and the stressed nucleus does not block spreading, as in (9d). The outcomes of the harmony for stressed /a/ are [ɔ:] and [wɔ:] following a velar consonant in open syllable, and [wa] in closed syllable, cf. (7)-(9)(a). For pre-tonic /a/ the outcomes are [wɔ] after velar consonant and [ɔ] in other contexts, cf. (7)-(9)(c). For other stressed vowels we find the simple insertion of a [w] segment; outcomes of metaphony may also be affected. Word-internal contexts are illustrated in (7). In (8) and (9) we display the phonosyntactic contexts D-N and Cl-V, respectively. The relevant harmonic process is triggered by the masculine singular D in (8) and by the masculine singular accusative Cl in (9). While in dialects like Saracena and Cerchiara the vowel that triggers the harmony is overtly realized, specifically as u in the masculine singular determiner and in the accusative clitic, in Stigliano the original *u in unstressed position is neutralized to [ə]. 'the tripod' c'. [traˈpe:ðə] 'tripod' Q: Please check the shortened running head placed here. '(I) it do' Aux-V − [ˈl addƷə maɲˈdƷa:tə] '(I) it have eaten' Copula-A − [so vvaˈkantə] '(they) are empty' Caus-V − [tə lə fɔˈtʃejmə fa] '(we) you it make do' i.e. 'we make you do it'
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