Iterative footing and prominence-driven stress in Nanti (Kampa)

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ID2953117
AuthorsMegan J Crowhurst (0000-0003-3527-3765), Lev D Michael, Lev Michael (0000-0002-9612-5996, The University of Texas at Austin)
Year2005
Volume81
Issue1
Pages47-95
Publication date2005-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lan.2005.0013
OpenAlexW2112861466
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited22

In this article we describe and develop an optimality-theoretic (OT) analysis of foot-level (secondary) and word-level (primary) stress in Nanti, a Kampa language of Peru. The distribution of stress in Nanti is sensitive to rhythmic factors, syllable quantity, vowel quality, and to whether a syllable is open or closed. The interaction of these independent variables produces a complex, multigrade stress scale married to an iterative stress system whose default preference is alternating, iambic rhythm. While each of the interacting factors in this system is familiar to phonologists, Nanti is special because the particular combination of influences and factors in Nanti contributes to a complexity of interactions that has not been documented in any other language to date

Cartography · Geography · Linguistics · Preference · Scale (ratio) · Speech recognition · Statistics · Stress (linguistics) · Syllable · Vowel · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

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