On Nanwang Puyuma Reduplication: An Optimality Theoretic Analysis

• Main Authors: Lee, Chun-Hong, 李俊宏
• Other Authors: Lin, Hui-Shan
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61421839155125772036

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 英語學系 === 105 === The thesis aims to re-categorize the reduplication in Nanwang Puyuma and provide an analysis within the framework of Optimality Theory. Previous works dedicated to Puyuma phonology have discovered diverse reduplicant patterns, including lexicalized root reduplication, first syllable reduplication, serial reduplication, rightward reduplication, Ca- reduplication, CVC- reduplication, and CVCV- reduplication. The thesis argues that CVC- reduplication should be re-classified into CCV- reduplication. Furthermore, CCV- reduplication and CVCV- reduplication should be subsumed under rightward reduplication. An OT analysis is presented to show that the reduplicant shape, copying direction, and reduplicant placement are attributed to interactions between markedness and faithfulness constraints. An uncommon undersized CV reduplicant is a result of obedience to RimeCond. The fixed vowel in Ca- reduplication can also be accounted for from an Optimality Theoretic perspective. Finally, with regard to the special case where two reduplicant patterns share the same function, Rank-Ordering Model of EVAL (ROE) is able to help predict the variants and their relative frequencies.