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Calgary (Working) Papers in Linguistics is an annual journal which includes contributions in linguistics and related disciplines by faculty and students at the University of Calgary and elsewhere.
ISSN: 2371-2643
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Item Open Access Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 17, Winter 1995(University of Calgary, 1995-01) Bailey, Julie; Kitch, Sandra; Rowsell, Lorna VThe editors of this issue, Sandra Kitch, Julie Bailey and Lorna V. Rowsell, are pleased to present the seventeenth issue of the Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics published by the Department of Linguistics at the University of Calgary. The papers published here represent works in progress and as such should not be considered in any way final or definitive.Item Open Access Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 19, Winter 1997(University of Calgary, 1997-01) Pasquini, Ana; Rowsell, Lorna V; Smith, Laura CatharineThe editors of this issue, Ana Pasquini, Loma Rowsell and Laura Catharine Smith, are pleased to present the nineteenth issue of the Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics published by the Department of Linguistics at the University of Calgary. The papers contained in this volume represent works in progress and as such should not be considered in any way final or definitive.Item Open Access Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 22, Winter 2000(University of Calgary, 2000-01) Atkey, Susan; Carson, Jana; Dobrovolsky, MichaelThe editors of this volume, Susan Atkey, Jana Carson, and Michael Dobrovolsky, are pleased to present the twenty-second issue of the Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics published by the Department of Linguistics at the University of Calgary. The papers contained in this volume represent works in progress and as such should not be considered in any way final or definitive.Item Open Access A longitudinal study of the acquisition of English stress(University of Calgary, 1995-01) Archibald, JohnThe study that I discuss today differs in two respects from my previous studies. One, it is a longitudinal study, and two, it involves different first languages. Ideally, it might have been better to change only one of the factors, but these are the subjects who were available to me for a longitudinal study. As a result, this paper has more to say about the influence of the first language type on second language acquisition than on patterns of development over time, because, as we shall see, the performance didn't change very much over time.Item Open Access A reanalysis of Munster Irish stress(University of Calgary, 1997-01) Thrift, EricaMunster Irish exhibits stress patterns unlike other Modem Irish dialects. Rather than landing word-initially, primary stress occurs anywhere within the first three syllables of a word (Stress Window). Munster Irish is a quantity sensitive language, demonstrated by the attraction of main stress to heavy syllables. According to Doherty (1991), these patterns can be explained through the application of Bimoraic Trochees. I find that the data is better accounted for using a version of the metrical foot as proposed by Hammond (1986): the Revised Obligatory Branching foot. In addition to iambic-like foot construction, I propose the creation of a Word Tree Reversal rule. Evidence for this analysis comes from the assignment of primary stress to the second heavy syllable, when two heavy syllables occur contiguously. The application of Hammond's model in conjunction with the Word Tree Reversal rule provides a solid explanation for the Munster Irish data.Item Open Access Secondary stress in Russian compound words: evidence from poetic metrics(University of Calgary, 2000-01) Karpacheva, OlgaIn this paper I argue that it is necessary to distinguish between stress which is inherent in words and stress which is assigned at a phrasal level. More specifically, I argue that secondary stress in Russian compounds is superimposed on the existing word stress contours by rhythm. Support in favor of this claim comes from the distribution of secondary stress in Russian poetry. I show that secondary stress in Tutčev's verse is assigned to the first constituent of compounds only in strong metrical positions.