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| Title: | The odd-parity input problem in metrical stress theory |
| Author: | Brett Hyde |
| Institution: | Washington University, St. Louis |
| Linguistic Field: | Phonology |
| Abstract: | Under the weak layering approach to prosodic structure (Itô & Mester ), the requirement that output forms be exhaustively parsed into binary feet, even when the input contains an odd-number of syllables, results in the , which consists of two sub-problems. The is a pathological type of quantity-sensitivity where a single odd-numbered heavy syllable in an odd-parity output is parsed as a monosyllabic foot. The is the systematic conversion of odd-parity inputs to even-parity outputs. The article examines the typology of binary stress patterns predicted by two approaches, symmetrical alignment (McCarthy & Prince ) and iterative foot optimisation (Pruitt , ), to demonstrate that the odd-parity input problem is pervasive in weak layering accounts. It then demonstrates that the odd-parity input problem can be avoided altogether under the alternative structural assumptions of weak bracketing (Hyde ). |
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This article appears in Phonology Vol. 29, Issue 3, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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