Monotonicity and the limits of disharmony

Rebrus, Péter; Törkenczy, Miklós

doi:10.3765/amp.v2i0.3769

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“…We have examined the harmonic behaviour of existing words combined with four different suffixes, based on an experiment with native speakers, and we provided a statistical analysis. Our results confirm the Height Effect and the Count Effect previously observed in corpus studies (Hayes & Interestingly, harmonic suffixes do not show a uniform behaviour eithercontrary to virtually all analyses of HVH, which typically assume that harmonically alternating suffixes are uniform in their harmonic behaviour (but see Rebrus & Törkenczy 2013). Further research is needed to map out the exact way in which different suffixes behave when attached to BN and BNN-stems, but we can see the general patterns in Figure 5.…”

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The article examines reanalysis processes underlying doubling patterns in non-degree equatives in German and Hungarian. In German, the combination als wie (lit. 'as how') is attested historically and in certain present-day dialects. Traditionally, it is assumed to be a mixed pattern involving the earlier canonical equative complementiser als and the later canonical equative complementiser wie; however, more recent proposals suggest that als was in fact reanalysed from the matrix clause. While matrix equative markers and equative complementisers are surface-similar in German historically, these elements are distinct in Hungarian throughout its history. Based on the results of a corpus study on Old Hungarian, the paper argues that reanalysis from the matrix clause is indeed possible and starts in non-degree equatives.

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“…the phonological constraints on harmony and neutral vowels (Rebrus & T€ orkenczy 2016c). In the case of transparency this reduces variation (cf.…”

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Harmonic Uniformity and Hungarian front/back harmony

Rebrus

Törkenczy

2021

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In the paper we argue against the traditional assumption about the relationship between morphology and harmony in Hungarian according to which monomorphemic and polymorphemic (suffixed) forms behave in the same way harmonically within the domain of harmony. We show that the harmonic properties of the root are inherited by morphologically complex forms based on the root and this can override the phonological restrictions on harmony. We propose an Optimality Theory analysis of the interaction between the phonological constraints on harmony and the paradigm uniformity constraint Harmonic Uniformity.

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Testing variability effects in Hungarian vowel harmony

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Hungarian backness harmony shows various degrees of transparency and variation, but the empirical testing of these variability effects in corpora is problematic because of data sparseness. We have created an experiment using harmonically mixed stems and four different harmonic suffixes, and collected information about the variants from native speakers in the form of a sentence completion task. We show that there are significant differences between stem types, and that the harmonic suffix can also affect the behaviour of the stem. Our results confirm that native speakers can learn unnatural patterns and that they obey the Law of Frequency Matching (Hayes et al. 2009).

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Monotonicity and the limits of disharmony

Cited by 3 publications

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Harmonic Uniformity and Hungarian front/back harmony

Testing variability effects in Hungarian vowel harmony

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