The grammar of Salish reduplication
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Linguistics, Department of
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degree campus: UBCV
creator: Mellesmoen, Gloria Madeleine
issued: 2025-04-23T17:56:14Z
issued: 2025
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This dissertation proposes a model of the spell-out component of the grammar that accounts for the form and position of reduplicative morphemes across all twenty-three Salish languages. The model integrates components of Prosodic Morphology and Moraic Theory, Generalised Nonlinear Affixation, and Stratal Optimality Theory. Its empirical basis is a comprehensive survey of reduplication across the Salish language family, including both published and archival sources. The survey is supplemented by original fieldwork on two languages (Comox-Sliammon and Lillooet) which allows specific predictions of the model to be tested pertaining to the relevant domain(s) for reduplication, the type of phonological material present in lexical entries, and which aspects of the phonological grammar determine if, where, and how a reduplicative morpheme is realised. With respect to domain, a stratum-based model is required to account for the realisation of reduplicative morphemes, including patterns of allomorphy, variation in form and position, and systematic gaps in multiple reduplication patterns. Strata in the model developed here are defined purely on a phonological basis, without reference to morphological domains. This approach also accounts for the form of reduplicative morphemes that include either linear (segmental) or non-linear (prosodic) representations, or a combination of both. To predict the correct surface position of reduplicative morphemes, a two-step model of lexical insertion is adopted. Morphemes are linearised at the first step, prior to the insertion of phonological content; it is only at the second step that differences between linear and non-linear representations emerge. These differences, including the shape and position of suprasegmental and segmental content, are determined by the phonological grammar at the relevant stratum; the phonology determines when and if segments are reduplicated, and if they will be positioned as prefixes, suffixes, or infixes. This…
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note: The Grammar of Salish ReduplicationbyGloria Madeleine MellesmoenB.A. Linguistics and English, Simon Fraser University, 2015M.A. Linguistics, University of Toronto, 2016A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENTOF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OFDoctor of PhilosophyinTHE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORALSTUDIES(Linguistics)The University of British Columbia(Vancouver)April 2025© Gloria Madeleine Mellesmoen, 2025The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to theFaculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled:The Grammar of Salish Reduplicationsubmitted by Gloria Madeleine Mellesmoen in partial fulfillment of therequirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics.Examining Committee:Henry Davis, Professor, Department of Linguistics, UBCSupervisorLisa Matthewson, Professor, Department of Linguistics, UBCSupervisory Committee MemberGunnar Hansson, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, UBCSupervisory Committee MemberDouglas Pulleyblank, Professor, Department of Linguistics, UBCUniversity ExaminerStefan Dollinger, Professor, Department of English Language and Literatures,UBCUniversity ExaminerPeter Svenonius, Professor, Department of Language and Culture, UiT The ArcticUniversity of NorwayExternal ExamineriiAbstractThis dissertation proposes a model of the spell-out component of the grammar thataccounts for the form and position of reduplicative morphemes across all twenty-three Salish languages. The model integrates components of Prosodic Morphologyand Moraic Theory, Generalised Nonlinear Affixation, and Stratal OptimalityTheory. Its empirical basis is a comprehensive survey of reduplication across theSalish language family, including both published and archival sources. The surveyis supplemented by original fieldwork on two languages (Comox-Sliammon andLillooet) which allows specific predictions of the model to be tested pertaining tothe relevant domain(s) for reduplication, the type o…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2025-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0448511
language: eng
degree discipline: Linguistics
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
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scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Davis, Henry, 1958-
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/90736