10.04.2013 Views

The contrastive hierarchy in phonology 2009 Dresher.pdf - CUNY ...

The contrastive hierarchy in phonology 2009 Dresher.pdf - CUNY ...

The contrastive hierarchy in phonology 2009 Dresher.pdf - CUNY ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

(7.40) Pasiego metaphony does not affect /í/, /ú/, and /á/<br />

Unmetaphonized Gloss Neutral Gloss<br />

luz m[i@]yos ‘m<strong>in</strong>e (plural)’ il m[i@]yu ‘m<strong>in</strong>e (s<strong>in</strong>gular)’<br />

bj[u@]da ‘widow’ bj[u@]du ‘widower’<br />

br[a@]Tos ‘arms’ br[a@]Tu ‘arm’<br />

7.5.1.1. Dyck’s Generalization<br />

Dyck (1995), modify<strong>in</strong>g an earlier observation by Penny (1970), formulates the<br />

generalization <strong>in</strong> (7.41) about Romance metaphony (rais<strong>in</strong>g) triggered by<br />

des<strong>in</strong>ential vowels.<br />

(7.41) Generalization about metaphony triggers (Dyck 1995)<br />

Des<strong>in</strong>ential high vowels can trigger metaphony only if they<br />

contrast with a mid vowel <strong>in</strong> the same place.<br />

Note that (7.41) refers to contrasts only among the des<strong>in</strong>ential vowels. In every<br />

Romance dialect high vowels contrast with mid vowels <strong>in</strong> stressed syllables; but<br />

dialects have different <strong>in</strong>ventories of des<strong>in</strong>ential vowels, rang<strong>in</strong>g from three to<br />

five. Because the phonetics of these vowels can vary, I will henceforth represent<br />

them schematically as /I~E, A, U~O/ for three-vowel des<strong>in</strong>ential <strong>in</strong>ventories,<br />

/I~E, A, O, U/ for four-vowel des<strong>in</strong>ential <strong>in</strong>ventories with a contrast between a<br />

high and mid back/labial vowel, and so on.<br />

310<br />

Dyck’s Generalization makes correct predictions about which dialects may<br />

exhibit metaphony, and what the possible des<strong>in</strong>ential triggers of metaphony may<br />

be <strong>in</strong> these dialects. First, we expect no rais<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> dialects with only three<br />

des<strong>in</strong>ential vowels /I~E, A, U~O/, because there is no contrast between /I/ and

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!