Phonological alternations are often specific to morphosyntactic context. For example, stress
shift in English occurs in the presence of some suffixes,-al, but not others,-ing:,,. In some …

This article considers the question of what constitutes item-based morphology, with a
specific look at grammatical tone. Numerous case studies of grammatical tone are examined …

Marlo et al.(2015) claim that Kuria verbal tone morphology undermines three well-
established principles of locality and modularity:(1) Phonological Locality: the assumption …

Tone is distinct from other phonological phenomena both qualitatively and quantitatively
(Hyman 2011), and has been instrumental in shaping phonological theory in many ways …

In this paper, we look at the properties of the clausal coordinator sì in Yorùbá. We will show
that despite its unusual surface position in the middle field of the second conjunct, the …

Studies of narrow syntactic movement have distinguished between greed–when an element
moves to satisfy its own requirements–and altruism–when an element moves to satisfy …

Abstract Copala Triqui is an Otomanguean language of Oaxaca, Mexico with a highly
complex tone system. In Copala Triqui, the lowering of tone from an upper register tone to a …

This dissertation presents a restrictive theory of the stress patterns of the world's languages
based on their computational properties in an effort to answer the question–what is a …

This paper examines the tone register paradigm in Copala Triqui, an Otomanguean
language of Mexico. Past literature on tone register changes has attributed tonal variations …

Phonological alternations are often specific to morphosyntactic context. For example, stress
shift in English occurs in the presence of some suffixes,-al, but not others,-ing:,,. In some …