A restrictive theory of metrical stress

Bibliographic Data

ID20399688
AuthorsBrett Hyde (0009-0004-2912-9841, Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume19
Issue3
Pages313-359
Publication date2002-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhonology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-6757 • E-ISSN: 1469-8188
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0952675703004391
OpenAlexW1866413582
LanguageEN
Citations received32
References cited17

Focusing on weight-insensitive binary stress systems, the article presents an approach to metrical stress that is more restrictive than standard approaches and more accurate in its predictions. The proposal's restrictiveness derives from a set of constraints and structural assumptions that run counter to prevailing theories' fundamental principles. For example, the proposed account assumes strict succession between prosodic categories, ensuring that syllables are exhaustively parsed into feet. It tolerates improper bracketing of prosodic categories, allowing feet to overlap and to share entries on the metrical grid. Finally, it makes the foot–stress relationship violable, allowing feet to remain stressless under appropriate rankings. The article examines each of these assumptions and demonstrates how they combine to more accurately predict attested typologies

Arithmetic · Binary number · Epistemology · Linguistics · Mathematical economics · Natural language processing · Optimality theory · Parsing · Restrictiveness · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Artificial Intelligence

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