Geminate shortening in Fula
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Abstract
In this paper I argue for the moraic representation of geminates (McCarthy & Prince 1988, Hayes 1989 and others) based on the distributional and featural restrictions of geminates in the dialect of Fula analyzed by Paradis in her (1992) dissertation. I show how this representation grossly accounts for the distribution of geminates as opposed to the distribution of consonant clusters in Fula, and how the notions of Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993, McCarthy & Prince 1993 and others) can help to explain the details of this opposition.
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Eric Baković. "Geminate shortening in Fula" Theoretical Approaches to African Linguistics. Ed. Akinbiyi Akinlabi. Princeton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc., 1995. 239-254.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ebakovic/4
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