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The ‘name game’ and onset simplification*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2008

Michael Hammond
Michael Hammond
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University of Arizona
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Steriade (1988) proposes a model of reduplication and templatic systems that includes a process of onset simplification. For example, in Tagalog, the first syllable of a root can undergo prefixal reduplication with onset simplification: ta-trabaho, bo-bloaut. Steriade cites a number of cases of onset simplification cooccurring with syllable-based templatic systems, but provides no examples of it with foot-based systems. Here we provide an example of onset simplification applying to a foot-based templatic system. This demonstration is important for two reasons. First, it shows that the onset simplification phenomenon is more general, applying to syllables and feet.

Type
Squibs and Replies
Information
Phonology , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , May 1990 , pp. 159 - 162
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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