On the universality of the clitic group as domain of phonological rules and their status in the Prosodic Hierarchy

Authors

  • Carina Silva Fragozo PUCRS

Keywords:

Grupo Clítico, Hierarquia Prosódica, Redução Vocálica.

Abstract

The status of the clitic group as a constituent of the prosodic hierarchy has been discussed for a long time. On the one hand, authors like Nespor and Vogel (1986) argue in favor of its presence in the prosodic hierarchy, and on the other hand, authors like Peperkamp (1997) try to explain why this presence is not adequate. Besides discussing these different points of view, this article searches for a phonological rule that is specific of the clitic group in the English language, which would argue in favor of its place in the prosodic hierarchy. Thus, this article presents the rule of vowel reduction in English, in order to question the universality of the clitic group as a domain for phonological rules. Key-words: Clitic Group; Prosodic Hierarchy; Vowel Reduction.

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Author Biography

Carina Silva Fragozo, PUCRS

Possui graduação em Letras pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (2007). É bolsista de mestrado (Capes) em Linguística Aplicada na PUC-RS. Tem como maiores interesses as áreas da Sociolinguística na interface com a Fonologia, bem como o estudo de Aquisição de Língua Inglesa.

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Published

2009-12-23

How to Cite

Fragozo, C. S. (2009). On the universality of the clitic group as domain of phonological rules and their status in the Prosodic Hierarchy. Letrônica, 2(2), 101–113. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/letronica/article/view/4974

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2009): Fonologia & História da Literatura

Section

Linguistics

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