In defence of Richness of the Base

Context-free weight in Welsh

September 14, 2012

CASTL Decennium Conference, University of Tromsø/CASTL, Tromsø, Norway

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I briefly present the analysis of mora assignment to consonants in South Welsh. The pattern can be analysed by appeal to the form of the inputs (i.e. with a massive number of accidental gaps, which is undesirable), or by positing a constraint schema with undesirable consequences for factorial typology. I suggest that the latter solution is preferable theoretically, although it may be premature to choose it for that reason alone.



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