LINGUIST List 21.3112 Thu Jul 29 2010 Diss: Morphology/Phonology/Syntax: Kirchner: 'Minimal Reduplication' Editor for this issue: Mfon Udoinyang <mfonlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.    Jesse Saba Kirchner, Minimal Reduplication Message 1: Minimal Reduplication Date: 28-Jul-2010 From: Jesse Saba Kirchner <kirchnerucsc.edu> Subject: Minimal Reduplication E-mail this message to a friend Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz Program: Department of Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2010 Author: Jesse Saba Kirchner Dissertation Title: Minimal Reduplication Dissertation URL: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?id=1558 Linguistic Field(s): Morphology                             Phonology                             Syntax Dissertation Director: Armin Mester Jaye Padgett Junko Ito Dissertation Abstract: This dissertation introduces Minimal Reduplication, a new theory and framework within generative grammar for analyzing reduplication in human language. I argue that reduplication is an emergent property in multiple components of the grammar. In particular, reduplication occurs independently in the phonology and syntax components, and in both cases it occurs due to the ordinary workings and independently-motivated properties of those components. Therefore, no special theoretical machinery is necessary in order to analyze reduplication. Phonological and syntactic reduplication both have distinct properties, which I lay out and explore in some depth. In cases of phonological reduplication (which includes morphological reduplication), reduplication occurs as a phonological repair process. These reduplication constructions are minimal in phonological size, they exhibit TETU, and they interact normally with morphophonology. No RED morpheme or constituents like 'base' and 'reduplicant' are needed to analyze them successfully. Syntactic reduplication occurs when a syntactic constituent is copied and merged with another morpheme, creating a complex constituent with two daughters below X0. These cases are not limited in phonological size and do not exhibit TETU. They are restricted in their interaction with morphophonology. In addition, due to the nature of the merged constituent, these constructions sometimes exhibit phonological behavior which appears to be non-optimizing. Case studies are presented with data from Kwak'wala, Tamil and Samala, with supporting evidence from many other languages. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 29-Jul-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.