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Univ Arizona, Dept Spanish & PortugueseIssue Date
2017-01-01
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Stressed postverbal pronominals in Catalan 2017, 29 (1) ProbusJournal
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This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
Majorcan Catalan postverbal pronominal elements are typically described as being prominent due to stress shift from their host. This study sheds light on the prosodic phonology of these pronouns through the analysis of duration, vowel quality, and f0 in verb + pronominal sequences, which are compared to a baseline condition without pronominals and to the same sequences in a Catalan variety without stress shift. Our results show acoustic differences in the realization of pronominals in these varieties. The duration and vowel quality patterns are consistent with the stress shift account of postverbal pronominals in Majorcan Catalan. Analysis of f0 contours also reveals phonological differences across varieties. Whereas stressed postverbal pronominals are not rare in Romance, Majorcan Catalan is one of a much reduced number of varieties within the Romance domain, where the attachment of a pronominal element to a host triggers "true" stress shift rather than an additional prominence on the pronominal element, like Sardinian or Neapolitan.Note
12 month embargo; Published Online: 31 August 2016ISSN
0921-47711613-4079
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Final published versionAdditional Links
http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/prbs.2017.29.issue-1/probus-2016-0016/probus-2016-0016.xmlae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1515/probus-2016-0016