On the Emergence of the French Accentual Phrase
https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2019.71.31945
Abstract
This paper reanalyzes the basic tonal patterns in French within the domain of Accentual Phrase (AP henceforth) and how the prosodic constraints for AP interact with those for the Intonational Phrase (IP). The level of Accentual Phrase (AP) and the higher level, the Intonational Phrase (IP) have been proposed in the earlier studies (Di Cristo & Hirst 1993, 1996, Delais-Roussarie 1996, Di Cristo 1999, Jun & Fougeron 2000, 2002, Post 2000, Rolland & Lœvenbruck 2002, Gussenhoven 2004, etc.). Employing the cyclic/stratal framework of Optimality Theory (Kiparsky 2000, Ahn 2008, etc.), we therefore suggest a path to overcome those shortcomings. In addition, we show that the possible indeterminacy problem occurring in the traditional autosegmental account can be easily solved by the interaction of constraints. Furthermore, by categorizing the phonetic factors as constraints, we can incorporate the phonetic details within our phonological categorization.
About the Authors
S. Ahn
M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
P. Martin
Université Paris Diderot
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Ahn S., Martin P. On the Emergence of the French Accentual Phrase. Vestnik of North-Eastern Federal University. 2019;(3):51-66. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2019.71.31945
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