LINGUIST List 22.3059 Sat Jul 30 2011 Diss: Phonology/Syntax: Forza: 'Regarding Reduplication and ...' 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.     Francesca Forza , Regarding Reduplication and Repetition: A separate treatment in a unified approach Message 1: Regarding Reduplication and Repetition: A separate treatment in a unified approach Date: 29-Jul-2011 From: Francesca Forza <francesca.forzaunivr.it> Subject: Regarding Reduplication and Repetition: A separate treatment in a unified approach E-mail this message to a friend Institution: University of Verona Program: PhD in Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2011 Author: Francesca Forza Dissertation Title: Regarding Reduplication and Repetition: A separate treatment in a unified approach Linguistic Field(s): Phonology Syntax Dissertation Director(s): Scalise Sergio Melloni Chiara Dissertation Abstract: The main goal of the dissertation is showing that there are three different kinds of iterative phenomena in languages: phoneme reduplication, not analyzed here, reduplication and repetition. The phenomena differ on the basis of the grammatical components involved and therefore have very different effects. The first phenomenon I term phoneme reduplication: 1. Italian: ciao ciao 'bye bye' It is the mere repetition of phonemes, where no morphological operation takes place but, also, basically no meaning is added. But the main target of this work lies in the difference between the other two phenomena: reduplication (2) and repetition (3). 2. Japanese: hore 'fall in love' hore-bore 'fondly' 3. Italian: bello bello 'nice nice' My work argues that reduplication is first and foremost a formal phenomenon. It can involve several kinds of meaning, some of which are of very iconic origin, but all the meanings get encoded grammatically. Then, phrases can be iterated as well, and they are candidates for repetition. I take repetition to have an exclusively iconic function, basically with a single meaning: emphasis. No formal aspects are involved here. I insert the preceding generalization in the wider framework of the Parallel Architecture (Jackendoff 1997, 2002 and ff.). Phoneme reduplication is a merely phonological operation, confined to the phonological structure rule component and with no interface rule having any role whatsoever. Reduplication proper is a morphological phenomenon that takes place as an actual derivation, as a syntactic structure rule. A syntactic structure-phonological structure interface rule takes care of the phonological operations that are present in most cases, e.g. linking markers, but also more unexpected phonological facts. Full and partial reduplication are differentiated at this point. The semantic structure rules, alternatively called conceptual structure rules, will be devoted to the rendering of the meaning of the derivation itself. Fundamentally, all the meanings are grammatically encoded. Instead, repetition is the result of a phonological structure- semantic structure interface rule, with an inactive syntactic side. Repetition does not affect the conceptual structure because of a process going on in the syntactic component: the conceptual structures are the very trigger. Empirically, the two formations show different behavior. Phonologically, in reduplicative processes, stress or tone are re-analyzed; in repetition this does not happen. The same holds for the possibility of insertion of epenthetic material between the two iterating units and the application of readjustment rules. Morpho-syntactically and semantically, the possibility of inserting linking elements, to begin with, is available in reduplication and ruled out in repetition. Additionally, there is internal inflection: in reduplication nouns are not found in the plural form, for example, and verbs are not inflected, while such processes are allowed in repetition. Then, reduplication can undergo constraints of morpho-syntactic nature, and it can show limited productivity; repetition does not. Finally, cases of semantic drift and idiosyncratic phenomena are found in reduplication and not in repetition. It has to be remarked that the patterns attested in spoken languages are also found in Sign Languages, suggesting a universal character of the generalization. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 30-Jul-2011       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.