ǂThe ǂrole of syntax in stress assignment in Serbo-Croatian

Boban Arsenijević (Author), Marko Simonović (Author)

Abstract

This chapter analyses a set of interface phenomena showing important correlations between certain phonological regularities on the one hand, and a set of syntactic and semantic properties of the respective expressions on the other. Serbo-Croatian deadjectival nominalizations typically exhibit one of two different prosodic patterns: (1) prosody faithful to the base i.e., surface prosody of the lexical adjective (e.g., Ispraavnoost ‘correctness’, derived from Ispraavan ‘correct’); and (2) a rising span over a long closed penultimate syllable and the syllable following it (e.g., isprAAvnOOst ‘correctness’). The chapter formulates a generalization where, all things being equal, nominalized predicational structures correspond to (1), while nominalized stems correspond to (2). It provides a formal model of the syntactic and semantic as well as the phonological reality of these nominalizations, and an attempt at explaining these facts.

Keywords

deadjectival nominalizations;lexical conservatism;syntax-phonology interface;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2013
Typology:	1.16 - Independent Scientific Component Part or a Chapter in a Monograph
Organization:	UNG - University of Nova Gorica
UDC:	81
COBISS:	5057531
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