TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kügler, Frank
T1  - Phonological phrasing and ATR vowel harmony in Akan
T2  - Phonology
N2  - This paper examines phonological phrasing in the Kwa language Akan. Regressive [+ATR] vowel harmony between words (RVH) serves as a hitherto unreported diagnostic of phonological phrasing. In this paper I discuss VP-internal and NP-internal structures, as well as SVO(O) and serial verb constructions. RVH is a general process in Akan grammar, although it is blocked in certain contexts. The analysis of phonological phrasing relies on universal syntax-phonology mapping constraints whereby lexically headed syntactic phrases are mapped onto phonological phrases. Blocking contexts call for a domain-sensitive analysis of RVH assuming recursive prosodic structure which makes reference to maximal and non-maximal phonological phrases. It is proposed (i) that phonological phrase structure is isomorphic to syntactic structure in Akan, and (ii) that the process of RVH is blocked at the edge of a maximal phonological phrase; this is formulated in terms of a domain-sensitive CrispEdge constraint.
Y1  - 2015
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/39322
SN  - 0952-6757
SN  - 1469-8188
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
SP  - 177
EP  - 204
PB  - Cambridge Univ. Press
CY  - Cambridge
ER  -