Why Czech Case Markers Sometimes Get Lost
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Czech in Generative Grammar |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | Czech; case markers; paradigm stavení; CVCV phonology |
| Description | I discuss the relationship between the phonological structure of vowel final nominal stems in Czech and the phonological structure of their inflectional forms. Following the CVCV model of Scheer (2004), I assume (i) the existence of final empty Nuclei, and (ii) the fact that the vowel of vowel initial case markers is a floating melody. I show that on these assumptions the morphologically irregular nonrealization of vowel initial case markers in a specific neuter paradigm follows from its phonological properties. |