Date: 05-Dec-2008 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: The Grammar of Repetition: Kandybowicz E-mail this message to a friend
Title: The Grammar of Repetition
Subtitle: Nupe grammar at the syntax-phonology interface
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 136
Published: 2008
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Author: Jason Kandybowicz
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027290656 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027290656 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255198 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255198 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Abstract:
Displacement is a fundamental property of grammar. Typically, when an occurrence moves it is pronounced in only one environment. This was previously viewed as a primitive/irreducible property of grammar. Recent work, however, suggests that it follows from principled interactions between the syntactic and phonological components of grammar. As such, the phonetic character of movement chains can be seen as both a reflection of and probe into the syntax-phonology interface. This volume deals with repetition, an atypical outcome of movement operations in which displaced elements are pronounced multiple times. Although cross-linguistically rare, the phenomenon obtains robustly in Nupe, a Benue-Congo language of Nigeria. Repetition raises a tension of the descriptive-explanatory variety. In order to achieve both measures of adequacy, movement theory must be supplemented with an account of the conditions that drive and constrain multiple pronunciation. This book catalogs these conditions, bringing to light a number of undocumented aspects of Nupe grammar.
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