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The Rhythm of English:Stress Clash and Stress Shift

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Abstract
Since Liberman and Prince (1977, hereafter LP) introduced the notion of stress clash, many linguists, including Prince (1983), Selkirk (1984), Hayes (1984), and Giegerich (1984), have elaborated rhythm rules that account for stress clash and stress shift. Most of them have adopted three different kinds of theories: grid-only theory, tree-full (or tree-only) theory, and grid-and-tree theory.
Prince (1983) and Selkirk (1984) advocate grid-only theory, arguing that it is enough to account for stress clash. Selkirk (1984) elaborates the rhythm rule of Prince (1983) by adding such rules as Silent Demibeat Alignment, Beat Addition, and Beat Movement. Giegerich (1992) argues that stress shift occurs only when there is a clash at the level of foot. Therefore, the notion of foot is important. Hayes (1984) embraces both grid and tree theories, arguing that a grid-and-tree theory is not redundant. By Hayes' (1984) account, trees represent stress and grids represent rhythmic structure. Hayes (1984) introduces the Rule of Eurhythmy: Quadrisyllibic Rule, Disyllibic Rule, and Phrasal Rule.
In this thesis, first, I will review the previous literature. And second, I will propose an attempt to incorporate the Rule of Eurhythmy proposed by Hayes (1984) into a tree structure of Giegerich. To this end, I will further delve into the internal structure of the foot and its relations with syllables.
In my proposal, two things are suggested, using counterexamples of Hayes (1984). First, a clashing foot is resistant to shift when within a clashing foot, the final syllable node labeled 'w' c-commands two or more nodes labeled 's'. To prove this, I will consider what happens under the two different conditions: a binary-branching structure and a tertiary-branching structure. With a binary-branching structure, it is more convincingly accounted for. Then, I will explain how strong and weak syllables are responsible for stress shift at the level of foot by exploring the internal structure of the foot and the relations between the foot and the syllables dominated by it. Second, it is also resistant to reversal when a clashing foot dominates the syllable nodes across word boundaries.
Author(s)
오성철
Issued Date
2013
Awarded Date
2013. 2
Type
Dissertation
URI
http://dcoll.jejunu.ac.kr/jsp/common/DcLoOrgPer.jsp?sItemId=000000006175
Alternative Author(s)
Oh, Seong cheol
Affiliation
제주대학교 대학원
Department
대학원 영어영문학과
Advisor
이기석
Table Of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Review of the Literature 2
2.1 Grid-only Theory 2
2.1.1 Grid Construction 2
2.1.2 Move x 3
2.1.3 The Rhythm Rule: Silent Demibeat Alignment and Beat Addition 7
2.2 Tree-full Theory 9
2.2.1 The Foot 10
2.2.2 Metrical Structure 13
2.2.2.1 Syntax Overrides Phonology 14
2.2.2.2 Phonology Overrides Syntax 15
2.2.3 Stray Unstressed Syllable 17
2.2.4 The Evidence that the Foot is a Phonological Constituent:Flapping and Aspiration 17
2.2.5 Eurhythmy 19
2.2.6 Stress Clash and Stress Shift 20
2.3 Grid-Tree Theory 22
2.3.1 Counterexamples against LP's Rules 23
2.3.2 The Rule of Eurhythmy 27
2.3.2.1 Quadrisyllabic Rule 27
2.3.2.2 Disyllabic Rule 30
2.3.2.3 Phrasal Rule 32
2.3.3 The Necessity of Tree Structure 33
Chapter 3 Problems: Major Questions Posed in the Study 36
3.1 Unstressed Initial Syllables 36
3.2 Tertiary-branching Tree 39
Chapter 4 Proposal 42
4.1 The Internal Structure of Foot 43
4.1.1 Binary-branching Constituent Structure 44
4.1.2 Tertiary-branching Constituent Structure 49
4.2 Word Boundary 50
Chapter 5 Conclusion 53
References 55
Degree
Master
Publisher
제주대학교
Citation
오성철. (2013). The Rhythm of English:Stress Clash and Stress Shift
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