The odd-parity input problem in metrical stress theory

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ID20399418
AuthorsBrett Hyde (0009-0004-2912-9841, Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume29
Issue3
Pages383-431
Publication date2012-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhonology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-6757 • E-ISSN: 1469-8188
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0952675712000218
OpenAlexW2108419883
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited21

Under the weak layering approach to prosodic structure (Itô & Mester 1992), the requirement that output forms be exhaustively parsed into binary feet, even when the input contains an odd-number of syllables, results in the odd-parity input problem , which consists of two sub-problems. The odd heavy problem is a pathological type of quantity-sensitivity where a single odd-numbered heavy syllable in an odd-parity output is parsed as a monosyllabic foot. The even output problem is the systematic conversion of odd-parity inputs to even-parity outputs. The article examines the typology of binary stress patterns predicted by two approaches, symmetrical alignment (McCarthy & Prince 1993) and iterative foot optimisation (Pruitt 2008, 2010), to demonstrate that the odd-parity input problem is pervasive in weak layering accounts. It then demonstrates that the odd-parity input problem can be avoided altogether under the alternative structural assumptions of weak bracketing (Hyde 2002)

Arithmetic · Binary number · Combinatorics · Parsing · Particle physics · Physics · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Artificial Intelligence

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