scholarly journals Syllable structure and prosodic words in Early Old French

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 63-89
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Rainsford
Keyword(s):  
Old French ◽  
Syllable Structure ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Final Stress ◽  
Final Syllable ◽  
French Texts

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the phonotactics of syllable rhymes based on all unique tokens in two Early Old French texts. Based on the data from this single, conservative variety, I develop Jacobs’ (1994) proposal that the Old French stress rule is underlyingly trochaic and that word-fiinal stress is caused by the presence of an empty-headed final syllable. I argue that this analysis can only be valid while words with final stress systematically end in a consonant that can, and often must, be parsed as the onset to an empty-headed syllable. Although this is not the case in most later varieties of Old French, the prediction is borne out by our data. I conclude by examining the implications of this analysis for the accentuation and phonotactics of monosyllables and for the study of prosodic change in Old French.

The Old French texts of the Damascus Qubba

2020 ◽  
pp. 331-362
Author(s):  
Gabriele Giannini ◽  
Laura Minervini
Keyword(s):  
Old French ◽  
French Texts

scholarly journals Syllable structure and extrametricality

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Gordon ◽  
Carmen Jany ◽  
Carlos Nash ◽  
Nobutaka Takara
Keyword(s):  
Syllable Structure ◽  
Final Position ◽  
Vowel Length ◽  
Functional Basis ◽  
Final Stress ◽  
Stress Asymmetry ◽  
As Stress ◽  
Phonetic Study ◽  
Universal Pattern ◽  
Duration Theory

This paper proposes a functional basis for final consonant extrametricality, the asymmetric status of CVC syllables as stress-attracting in non-final position of a word but stress-rejecting in final position. A typological study of phonemic vowel length pattern in 10 languages with this final vs. non-final stress asymmetry and 30 languages in which CVC attracts stress in final position indicates a robust asymmetry between languages differing in their stress system’s treatment of final CVC. Languages that asymmetrically allow stress on non-final but not on final CVC all lack phonemic vowel length contrast in final position, whereas those lacking the stress asymmetry often have contrastive length in final vowels. It is claimed that the absence of phonemic length in languages that do not stress final CVC facilitates the nearly universal pattern of phonetic final lengthening, which threatens to obscure the perception of phonemic length. The enhanced lengthening of final vowels in languages with final phonemic vowel length reduces the duration ratio of CVC relative to CV, thereby reducing CVC’s perceptual prominence and thus its propensity to attract stress in keeping with Lunden’s (2006) proportional duration theory of weight. A phonetic study of two languages differing in the stress-attracting ability of final CVC offers support for the proposed account. Arabic, which displays consonant extrametricality and largely lacks phonemic vowel length in final position, has substantial final vowel lengthening, whereas Kabardian, which stresses final CVC and contrasts vowel length in final position, lacks substantial final lengthening.

scholarly journals Acoustic properties of word and phrasal prominence in Uzbek

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Angeliki Athanasopoulou ◽  
Irene Vogel ◽  
Hossep Dolatian
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Acoustic Properties ◽  
Contrastive Focus ◽  
New Information ◽  
Final Stress ◽  
Boundary Properties ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
Final Syllable ◽  
Dialogue Types ◽  
Information Focus

Based on a large-scale corpus of experimental data produced by 8 native speakers of Tashkent Uzbek, we assess the presence of canonical word-final stress in real words spoken in three dialogue types: without focus, with contrastive focus, and with new information focus on the target. The first context provides baseline information regarding the manifestation of stress, in the absence of additional focus properties. By comparing the latter two contexts with the former, we are also able to assess the acoustic manifestation of the two types of focus. The most noteworthy properties of the final syllable are its relatively long duration and sharp falling contour, potentially serving as the cues to lexical stress, and enhanced by both types of focus. Due to the word-final position of stress, however, the patterns we observe could also be consistent with boundary properties, a possibility we consider as well. In addition, we briefly compare the prosodic patterns we observe in Uzbek with similarly collected data in Turkish. We find that the prominence patterns in Uzbek, while not particularly strong, are nevertheless stronger than those in Turkish, and also exhibit crucial differences. Implications for Turkic prosody more generally are also suggested.

scholarly journals Durational cues to stress, final lengthening, and the perception of rhythm

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Anya Lunden
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Stress ◽  
Perceptual Effect ◽  
Final Stress ◽  
Phonetic Duration ◽  
Final Syllable

Binary stress languages have a well-known asymmetry between their tolerance of initial versus final lapse; the former being extremely rare and the latter being quite common. Lunden (to appear) proposes that final lengthening plays a role in this asymmetry, as the additional inherent phonetic duration of the final syllable can contribute to the continuation of a perceived rhythm, even in the absence of actual final stress. She notes this effect of final lengthening should only be available in languages that use duration as a cue to stress. However, some languages are described as having different cues to primary and secondary stress, and it is not clear which is more important for this perceptual effect. The results of four new studies show that final lengthening contributes to the perceptual rhythm of the word even when only one level of stress is cued with duration.

Western Eyes on the Latin East: The Chronique d’Ernoul et de Bernard le Trésorier and Robert of Clari’s Conquête de Constantinople

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Gaggero
Keyword(s):  
Old French ◽  
French Language ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Latin East ◽  
French Texts

We may be able to locate a “cultural center” for the dissemination of the model of Old French prose historiography at the abbey of Corbie. It was at Corbie that two Old French texts associated with events in Outremer, Robert of Clari’s Conquête de Constantinople and the Ernoul-Bernard chronicle, most likely assumed the shape in which we know them today. Both texts ostensibly composed by lay noblemen. Clari’s,Conquête and the Ernoul-Bernard chronicle demonstrate the innovation in form and authorship for French-language texts that we can now increasingly associate with Outremer and the crusades.

THE ISLAND AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN OLD FRENCH TEXTS OF THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES

1980 ◽  
Vol XXXIV (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
JILL TATTERSALL
Keyword(s):  
Old French ◽  
French Texts

scholarly journals AN OT ACCOUNT OF PHONOTACTIC AND CODA NEUTRALIZATION OF ENGLISH LOANS IN PILIBHIT HINDI-URDU

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-30
Author(s):  
Mohd Hamid Raza
Keyword(s):  
Optimality Theory ◽  
Syllable Structure ◽  
Consonant Clusters ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Central Idea ◽  
Phonological Processes ◽  
Surface Level ◽  
Final Syllable ◽  
Speech Segments ◽  
Optimal Candidate

This paper provided the basic information of the phonological processes as the Coda Neutralization and Phonotactics of English Loans in Pilibhit Hindi-Urdu within the framework of Optimality Theory (OT). The objectives of this paper were to represent the aspects of the coda neutralization in the sense of voiced obstruent segment becomes voiceless obstruent segment in the final syllable structure of the loanwords, and the consonant clusters break within the insertion of an extraneous segment in any location of the English Loans in Pilibhit Hindi-Urdu. In the another framework, this paper revealed the phenomena of devoicing features of coda consonants and the grades of the additional segments in Pilibhit Hindi-Urdu loanwords within the principles of Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky, 1993). The central idea of this paper was to explore the process of conflicts between the candidates at the surface level and reflects the properties of the input candidate by the observation of the constraint rankings. In this study, it was propounded the effective formalities of the hierarchy of the constraint rankings and drew one of the best candidates as an optimal candidate out of the output candidates from English loans in Pilibhit Hindi-Urdu. The groundwork of this paper was related to the significant aspects of the English loans that were adapted within the addition, insertion, or deletion of the segments in Pilibhit Hindi-Urdu. In this paper, it was also determined the facts of the coda devoicing of the speech segments in terms of neutralization at the end of the syllable structure of English loans in Pilibhit Hindi-Urdu.

The Quest for the “Charity Dish”: Interpretation in the Hebrew Arthurian Translation Melekh Artus (1279, Northern Italy)

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 517-542
Author(s):  
Caroline Gruenbaum
Keyword(s):  
Old French ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
King Arthur ◽  
Single Fragment ◽  
French Texts

Abstract This article analyzes Melekh Artus (King Arthur), a unique Hebrew translation of sections from the old French prose Merlin and mort Artu in the Lancelot-Grail cycle. Written in a single fragment from 1279 in northern Italy, this translation proves close Jewish engagement with old French texts. Through satirical biblical references and subtle critique of his material, the author reframes the Arthurian narrative to promote universal morals. Rather than Judaize the Arthurian canon and its Christian characters, he validates them as viable models for his Jewish audience.

On Editing Old French Texts. Mary Blakely Speer , Alfred Foulet

Speculum ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-569
Author(s):  
William D. Paden,
Keyword(s):  
Old French ◽  
French Texts
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