Arvaniti, Amalia (2001) Cypriot Greek and the Phonetics and Phonology of Geminates. In: Ralli, A., ed. Proceedings of the First International Conference of Modern Greek dialects and linguistic theory. Proceedings of the First International Conference of Modern Greek dialects and linguistic theory. . pp. 19-29. , Patras (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:46506)
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Abstract
This paper reports on how the acoustic characteristics and phonological patterning of
Cypriot Greek geminates bear on the phonological representation of geminates, and by
extension on the representation of weight and quantity more generally. Specifically,
acoustic data suggest that the Cypriot geminates are ambisyllabic and nearly twice as long
as single consonants; yet they neither add weight to the syllable they form the coda of, nor
do they shorten the duration of the preceding vowel, as would be expected of moraic codas.
On the other hand, the Cypriot geminates cannot be considered clusters of identical
consonants, since phonological alternations affect them as a unit. Thus the phonetics and
phonology of the Cypriot geminates show that they are “true” geminates yet they are nonmoraic.
These findings suggest that moraic structure cannot adequately represent both
weight and quantity; rather, both a moraic and a skeletal tier are needed to represent weight
and quantity respectively.
Item Type: | Conference or workshop item (Paper) |
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages |
Depositing User: | Amalia Arvaniti |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2015 10:18 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:18 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/46506 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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