36.1375, Diss: Salish; Comox, Lillooet; Morphology, Phonology: "The grammar of Salish reduplication" (Mellesmoen 2025)

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Date: 24-Apr-2025
From: Gloria Mellesmoen [gloria at mellesmoen.ca]
Subject: Salish; Comox, Lillooet; Morphology, Phonology:  "The grammar of Salish reduplication" (Mellesmoen 2025)


Institution: University of British Columbia (UBC)
Degree Date: 2025

Dissertation Title: The grammar of Salish reduplication

Dissertation URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/90736

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Phonology

Subject Language(s): Comox (coo)
                     Lillooet (lil)

Language Family(ies): Salish

Dissertation Director(s): Henry Davis

Dissertation Abstract:

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
dissertation is the first formal phonological analysis of
reduplication that considers the full range of reduplication patterns
across the entire Salish language family. Aside from its theoretical
contribution, it serves as a comprehensive and accurate documentary
source for further theoretical and typological investigation.



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