Phonological conditions on variable adjective and noun word order in Tagalog

Autor: Kie Zuraw, Stephanie S. Shih
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Shih, SS; & Zuraw, K. (2017). Phonological conditions on variable adjective and noun word order in Tagalog. LANGUAGE, 93(4), E317-E352. UCLA: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3w34z90f
Language, vol 93, iss 4
Popis: Tagalog adjectives and nouns variably occur in two word orders, separated by an intermediary linker: adjective-linker-noun versus noun-linker-adjective. The linker has two phonologically conditioned surface forms, -ng and na . This article presents a large-scale corpus study of adjective/noun order variation in Tagalog, focusing in particular on phonological conditions. Results show that word-order variation in adjective/noun pairs optimizes for phonological structure, abiding by phonotactic, syllabic, and morphophonological well-formedness preferences that are also found elsewhere in Tagalog grammar. The results indicate that surface phonological information is accessible for word-order choice.
Databáze: OpenAIRE