In defence of the skeletal tier

This paper investigates empirically the viability of a hypothesis (advanced by Lowenstamm & Kaye [1986]) that morphological classes (in particular, those typical in languages with nonconcatenative morphologies) are fully definable in terms of syllabic structure. This hypothesis has theoretical s...

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Main Author: R.J. Hayward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LibraryPress@UF 1988-08-01
Series:Studies in African Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107463