A reanalysis of Munster Irish stress

dc.contributor.authorThrift, Erica
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-21T18:54:17Z
dc.date.available2016-06-21T18:54:17Z
dc.date.issued1997-01
dc.description.abstractMunster 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.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationThrift, E. (1997). A reanalysis of Munster Irish stress. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 19(Winter), 9-22.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28929
dc.identifier.issn2371-2643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51400
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLinguisticsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectPhonologyen_US
dc.subjectIrish languageen_US
dc.subjectAccents and accentuationen_US
dc.subjectCeltic languagesen_US
dc.subjectIrish language--Dialectsen_US
dc.titleA reanalysis of Munster Irish stressen_US
dc.typejournal article
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