The Even Yearbook 3 (1998)

volume: 3 (1998)
pages: 265–297
author: Nóra Wenszky
title: The stress patterns of -ative words
abstract: This essay examines the stress patterns displayed by words ending in -ative. After a brief introduction, the second section is devoted to rule-based approaches. Nanni’s (1977) and Halle and Vergnaud’s (1985) account is found to be inadequate for the description of the stress patterns of -ative items. However, Burzio’s (1994) constraint-based theory successfully accounts for the great majority of attested stress patterns, which is shown in the third section through the analysis of the possible pronunciations of 135 -ative words. Some modifications to the constraints are suggested. As a result, only 3 items are unaccounted for. Additionally, ternary feet with a heavy medial syllable ending in a sonorant or s are found to be well-formed, despite that Burzio occasionally refers to them as ill-formed.
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@article{even98we,
  author  = {Nóra Wenszky},
  title   = {The stress patterns of -ative words},
  year    = 1998,
  journal = {The Even Yearbook},
  volume  = 3,
  pages   = {265–297},
  url     = {http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/98we}
}
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Wenszky, Nóra. 1998. The stress patterns of -ative words. The Even Yearbook 3: 265–297. http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/98we