{"id":207,"date":"2008-10-06T05:00:58","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/?p=207"},"modified":"2008-10-06T06:25:15","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T10:25:15","slug":"phonology-circle-108-anthi-revithiadou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/2008\/10\/06\/phonology-circle-108-anthi-revithiadou\/","title":{"rendered":"Phonology Circle 10\/8 - Anthi Revithiadou"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s installment of Phonology Circle features a talk by Anthi Revithiadou<\/P><\/p>\n

Title: Recessive accentuation in Ancient Greek revisited

\nTime: Wednesday 10\/8, 5PM, 32D831
<\/p>\n

\n

The issue of accent assignment in Ancient Greek (AGr, 7th c. BC &mdash; 3rd c. BC)
\nhas been a favorite topic of investigation both in generative (Kiparsky 1967,
\n1973, 2000, Kiparsky & Halle 1977, Steriade 1982, 1988, Golston 1989, a.o.) as
\nwell as in pre-generative phonology (Lejeune 1945, Vendryes 1945, Allen 1966,
\n1973, Devine and Stephens 1974, 1995, a.o.). AGr was a pitch-accent system
\nwhich inherited its accents from Proto-Indo-European but also developed
\ncertain innovations that distinguish it from other IE accentual systems. More
\nspecifically, a cluster of changes took place in Proto-Greek (late 3rd
\nmillennium BC) which involved, among other things, the development of
\nrecessive accentuation, that is, the limitation of the accent on the last three
\nsyllables of the word (1).<\/P><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
(1)<\/td>\nAttic (Bubenik 1983: 153)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
a.<\/td>\n\tpherómenos \t< pherómenos Proto-Greek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\t<\/td>\n\t\t< *phéromen-o-s <\/td>\n \t'carried-MASC.NOM.SG'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
b.<\/td>\n\tánthroopos\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t'man-NOM.SG'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
c.<\/td>\n\tpatrída\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t'homeland-ACC.SG'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
d.<\/td>\n\tagorá\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t'market-NOM.SG'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

\t<\/P>
<\/p>\n

What adds to the complexity of the system, however, is that weight
\ndistinctions,
\nconfined mainly to the right edge of the word, caused accent to shift
\nif it was
\ntoo distanced (i.e. more than three moras) from the edge of the word (2).<\/P><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(2)<\/td>\n\ta.\t<\/td>\npheroménoo\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t'carried-MASC.GEN.SG'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\tb.\t<\/td>\nanthróopou\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t'man-GEN.SG'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/P>
<\/p>\n

Previous accounts exploit a variety of analytical tools to account for the
\nwindow and the restricted weight effects. In this talk, I will propose that a
\nmore efficient and straightforward analysis of the AGr facts can be made if we
\nimplement insights from a representational model that segregates metrical from
\nprosodic structure (Hyde 2001, 2006). Moreover, I will propose that the same
\ntheory can also account for the intricate patterns of clitic accentuation:<\/P><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(3)<\/td>\na.<\/td>\n\tánthroopós tinos\t<\/td>\n\t'someone's man'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\t<\/td>\n\t<\/td>\nóikós tinos\t<\/td>\n\t\t'someone?s house'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\tb.\t<\/td>\nphílos tinós\t\t<\/td>\n\t'someone?s friend'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\t\t<\/td>\nphóiniks tinós\t<\/td>\n\t\t'someone?s phoenix'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\t\t<\/td>\ndaímoon tino?s\t<\/td>\n\t\t'someone?s god'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n


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