Templatic Morphology in Czech: Vowel Length in Diminutives
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
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| Description | The aim of my paper is to show although vowel length is phonemic in Czech, it is not distributed freely throughout the whole language. Following Scheer (2001, 2003) I argue that in some morphosyntactic contexts restrictions on vowel length are found that can be analyzed in terms of a templatic activity. I focus on distribution of vowel length in masculine diminutives and I claim that it is controlled by the template which counts heavy syllables. |
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