Some notes on phonological phrasing in Brazilian Portuguese
In this paper, we argue that phonological phrasing in Brazilian Portuguese is determined by the interaction of right-alignment of syntactic and phonological phrases (Selkirk 1986) and a eurythmic factor of Uniformity (Ghini 1993), which prefers p-phrases of equal prosodic length. The Uniformity requ...
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| Language: | eng |
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2003
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-44502003000100001 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Oai: | oai:scielo:S0102-44502003000100001 |
| Summary: | In this paper, we argue that phonological phrasing in Brazilian Portuguese is determined by the interaction of right-alignment of syntactic and phonological phrases (Selkirk 1986) and a eurythmic factor of Uniformity (Ghini 1993), which prefers p-phrases of equal prosodic length. The Uniformity requirement shows some unexpected properties. It is not tied to a preferred length of p-phrases, and it appears to be restricted to p-phrases overlapping with the subject and the verb of the clause. |
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