A listener oriented account of hache aspiré in French

[Pages:58]A listener-oriented account of hache aspir? in French

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Paul Boersma, University of Amsterda! Amsterdam, March 18, 2005

Three French word onsets

Consonant: ?ga"s?)? `boy', ?fam? `woman'

Hache-aspir?: ?/aza"? `coincidence', ?/os? `rise'

Vowel: ??m? `man', ?ide? `idea'

Hache-aspir? sometimes acts like a consonant, sometimes like a vowel, sometimes like neither.

Neutralization

Phrase-initially, a `weak attack': [(/)aza"], [(/)os], [(/)?m], [(/)ide] Phrase-initially, hache-aspir? acts like a vowel (or perhaps a vowel acts like hache-aspir?).

Process 1: elision

?l?+NOUNMASC? `the+NOUN': [l?ga"s?)], [l?aza"], [l?m]

?la+NOUNFEM? `the+NOUN': [lafam], [laos], [lide]

Elision of schwa or a only for vowel-initial words. Hache-aspir? blocks elision, like a consonant does.

Derivation of elision

l?+ga"s?) l?+/aza"

l?+?m

elision

l?ga"s?) l?/aza"

l?m

*/

l?ga"s?) l?aza"

l?m

In this serial account, hache-aspir? blocks elision, because it is still a consonant when elision applies.

Counterfeeding rule order (for parallel accounts, this predicts some opacity problems).

Underlying representation

Hache-aspir? is a consonant (vs. vowel): ?h? (Chao 1934, Schane 1968, Selkirk & Vergnaud 1973) ?/? (Dell 1973, Meisenburg & Gabriel 2004, here) Abstract consonant (Bally 1944, Dell 1970) [+consonantal] (Hyman 1985) No features (Prunet 1986)

Syllable structure: Empty onset vs. no onset (Clements & Keyser 1983), or the reverse (De Jong 1990) Syllable island, i.e. ?.aza"? vs. ??m? (Tranel 1995)

`Concrete' (i.e. without silent structure) and diacritic: [-vowel] (Klausenberger 1978) [-sandhi] (Gaatone 1978)

Process 2: enchainment

?kEl+NOUNMASC? `which+NOUN': [kElga"s?)], [kEl/0aza"], [kEl?m] ([ 0] observed by Hall 1948 and Meisenburg & Gabriel 2004; [/] observed by Hall 1948, Dell 1973, and Meisenburg & Gabriel 2004; [h] observed by Hall 1948 only) Enchainment only for vowel-initial words. Hache-aspir? blocks enchainment, like a consonant does.

Derivation of enchainment

kEl+ga"s?) kEl+/aza"

kEl+?m

kEl.ga"s?)

enchain

kEl./aza" kE.l?m

*/

kEl.ga"s?) kEl.aza" kE.l?m

In this serial account, hache-aspir? blocks enchainment, because it is still a consonant when enchainment applies.

Again counterfeeding rule order.

Problem: this Tranel-type account fails to derive the surface glottal stop (`just phonetics').

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