Syllable "Sonority" Hierarchy and Pulaar Stress

A Metrical Approach

Authors

  • Mamadou Niang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.447

Keywords:

Pular dialect-- Phonology, Fula language-- Dialects

Abstract

"Syllable weight is usually viewed as a binary opposition…' (Hayes 1989) . That is, syllable weight distinctions are claimed to be at most binary: heavy vs light; bimoraic vs monomoraic. This paper argues that further distinctions of syllable weight are necessary to account for certain phonological processes. I argue and show that Pulaar (a dialect of Fula), makes a four way weight distinction. In addition, the analysis adopted in this paper shows that previous analyses of Pulaar metrical structure are inadequate.

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How to Cite

Niang, . M. (1995). Syllable "Sonority" Hierarchy and Pulaar Stress: A Metrical Approach. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 20, 53-68. https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.447