Stratal Phonology

Summer-Semester 2025 • Modul 04-046-2013 Segmental Phonology • Donnerstag 9:15-10:45 • NSG, S 213

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Stratal Phonology (comprising Lexical Phonology and Stratal Optimality Theory) is one of the most influential approaches to the interface between morphosyntax and phonology. In this course, we discuss the basic architecture of the theory, possible alternatives, and controversial design choices in the implementation of stratal approaches.

Overviews

• Bermúdez-Otero, R. (2018) Stratal phonology. In Hannahs, S. and Bosch, A. R. K. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Phonological Theory, 100-134. Routledge.
• Rubach, J. (2008) An overview of lexical phonology. Language and Linguistics Compass 2/3, 456-477.
• Trommer, J. (2025) Stratal Phonology. Ms. Leipzig University.
• Kaisse, E. M. & Shaw, P.A. (1985) On the Theory of Lexical Phonology. Phonology Yearbook 2:1.30.
• Kiparsky, P. (2015). Stratal OT: A synopsis and FAQs. In Hsiao, Y. E. and Wee, L.-H., editors, Capturing Phonological Shades, pages 2-44. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge.

Foundational Literature

• Pesetsky, D. (1979) Russian morphology and lexical theory. Ms., MIT.
• Kiparsky, P. (1982) Lexical phonology and morphology. In Linguistic Society of Korea: Linguistics in the morning calm, 3-92. Hanshin.
• Mohanan, K. P. (1986). The Theory of Lexical Phonology. Reidel Publishing Co., Dor- drecht.
• Kiparsky, P. (2000) Opacity and cyclicity. The Linguistic Review, 17:351-67.
• Bermúdez-Otero, R. (2012) The architecture of grammar and the division of labour in exponence. In Trommer, J., editor, The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence, 8-83. Oxford University Press.

Strata and Prosody

• Booij, G. and Rubach, J. (1984). Morphological and prosodic domains in lexical phonology. Phonology Yearbook, 1:1-27.
• Bermúdez-Otero, R. (2011) Cyclicity. In van Oostendorp, M., Ewen, C. J., Hume, E., and Rice, K., editors, The Blackwell Companion to Phonology, 2019-2048. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Gleim, D. (2024). Countercyclic Process Interactions. PhD thesis, Universit¨at Leipzig.
• Kaplan, M. J. (2024). Stratal overgeneration is necessary: metrically incoherent syncope in Southern Pomo. Phonology, 39(4):597-639.

Strata and Tone

• Pulleyblank, D. (1986). Tone in Lexical Phonology. Reidel, Dordrecht.
• Clark, M. M. (1990). The tonal system of Igbo. Foris, Dordrecht.
• Trommer, J. (2022). The stratal structure of Kuria morphological tone. Phonology, 679-723.
• Jones, P. J. (2014). Tonal Interaction in Kinande: Cyclicity, Opacity, and Morphosyntactic Structure. PhD thesis, MIT.

Clitics

• Bonet, E. and Lloret, M.-R. (2005). Against serial evaluation in Optimality Theory. Lingua, 115:1303-1323.
• Rubach, J. (2011). Syllabic repairs in Macedonian. Lingua, 121(2):237-268.
• Hualde, J. I. (1989). The strict cycle condition and noncyclic rules. Linguistic Inquiry, 20(4):675-680.
• Halle, M. and Kenstowicz, M. (1991). The free element condition and cyclic versus noncyclic stress. Linguistic Inquiry, 22(3):457-501.
• Bermúdez-Otero, R. and Luis, A. (2009). Cyclic domains and prosodic spans in the phonology of European Portuguese functional morphs. Handout, Old World Conference in Phonology 6, Edinburgh, 24 January 2009.
• Dawson, Virginia (2017) Optimal clitic placement in Tiwa.Proceedings of NELS 47, 243-256.
• Emily Clem, Nicholas Rolle & Virginia Dawson (2023) Displacement as a response to non-local allomorphy: Evidence from Tiwa, Ms. https://pages.ucsd.edu/~eclem/clem-rolle-dawson-2023-non-local-allomorphy-ms.pdf

Alternatives

• Halle, M. and Vergnaud, J.-R. (1987). Stress and the cycle. Linguistic Inquiry, 18(1):45-84.
• Inkelas, S. (1998) The theoretical status of morphologically conditioned phonology: a case study from dominance. Yearbook of Morphology 1997: 121-155.

Contact

jtrommer [æt] uni-leipzig.de

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