Cophonologies by Phase
Hannah Sande, Peter Jenks
May 2018 

This paper examines the interaction between syntactic structure and conditioned phonological alternations. We outline a novel model of the syntax-phonology interface, Cophonologies by Phase, which integrates Cophonology Theory (Orgun 1996, Inkelas et al. 1997, Anttila 2002, Inkelas & Zoll 2005, 2007) with Distributed Morphology (Halle & Marantz 1994) and Phase Theory (Chomsky 2001, Abels 2012, Bošković 2014). In our model, cophonologies are able to scope over spelled-out chunks of syntactic structure. The central innovation is an enriched conception of the lexicon. We propose that Vocabulary items contain three phonological components: 1) an underlying form containing (supra)segmental features, 2) a prosodic subcategorization frame or template, and 3) a subranking of constraints, any of which can be null. We present case studies illustrating how Cophonologies by Phase can account for conditioned phonological alternations in three languages: Hebrew, Kuria, and Guébie, all of which involve process morphology.

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Published in:	Proceedings of NELS 48
keywords:	syntax-phonology interface, cophonologies, process morphology, tone, morphology, syntax, phonology
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