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'''Structure preservation''' is a property of (lexical) rules which entails that they cannot introduce segments which are not otherwise motivated as underlying phonological segments of the language. | '''Structure preservation''' is a property of (lexical) rules which entails that they cannot introduce segments which are not otherwise motivated as underlying phonological segments of the language. | ||
| − | == | + | == Syntax == |
| + | A rule or rule system is structure preserving if its output is independently available as an underlying (underived) structure. The hypothesis that natural language grammars are structure preserving has first been elaborated in Emonds (1970), and is taken for granted in much ongoing work. | ||
| − | + | == Example == | |
| + | The underlying sound inventory of Dutch does not contain voiceless sonorants, but it does contain voiced and voiceless obstruents. Furthermore, Dutch has a rule of final devoicing, but characteristically this rule does not effect sonorants. Hence, the rule of final devoicing is structure preserving. | ||
| − | + | == Links == | |
| − | + | *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Structure+preservation&lemmacode=279 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |
| − | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Structure+preservation&lemmacode=279 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
* Aronoff, M. 1976. ''Word Formation in Generative Grammar,'' MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass. | * Aronoff, M. 1976. ''Word Formation in Generative Grammar,'' MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass. | ||
* Kiparsky, P. 1985. ''Some Consequences of Lexical Phonology,'' in: Hulst, H. van der and N. Smith (eds.) The Structure of Phonological Representations, vol 1, Foris, Dordrecht, pp. 131-175 | * Kiparsky, P. 1985. ''Some Consequences of Lexical Phonology,'' in: Hulst, H. van der and N. Smith (eds.) The Structure of Phonological Representations, vol 1, Foris, Dordrecht, pp. 131-175 | ||
* Kiparsky, P. 1982. ''From Cyclic Phonology to Lexical Phonology,'' in: Hulst, H. van der and N. Smith (eds.) The Structure of Phonological Representations (I), pp.131-175 | * Kiparsky, P. 1982. ''From Cyclic Phonology to Lexical Phonology,'' in: Hulst, H. van der and N. Smith (eds.) The Structure of Phonological Representations (I), pp.131-175 | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:11, 10 August 2014
Definition
Structure preservation is a property of (lexical) rules which entails that they cannot introduce segments which are not otherwise motivated as underlying phonological segments of the language.
Syntax
A rule or rule system is structure preserving if its output is independently available as an underlying (underived) structure. The hypothesis that natural language grammars are structure preserving has first been elaborated in Emonds (1970), and is taken for granted in much ongoing work.
Example
The underlying sound inventory of Dutch does not contain voiceless sonorants, but it does contain voiced and voiceless obstruents. Furthermore, Dutch has a rule of final devoicing, but characteristically this rule does not effect sonorants. Hence, the rule of final devoicing is structure preserving.
Links
References
- Aronoff, M. 1976. Word Formation in Generative Grammar, MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass.
- Kiparsky, P. 1985. Some Consequences of Lexical Phonology, in: Hulst, H. van der and N. Smith (eds.) The Structure of Phonological Representations, vol 1, Foris, Dordrecht, pp. 131-175
- Kiparsky, P. 1982. From Cyclic Phonology to Lexical Phonology, in: Hulst, H. van der and N. Smith (eds.) The Structure of Phonological Representations (I), pp.131-175
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