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AUTHOR Alidou, Ousseina TITLE Evidence for Foot Structure in Hausa. PUB DATE 95 NOTE 25p.; For complete volume, see FL 023 039. PUB TYPE Reports Research/Technical (143) Journal Articles (080) JOURNAL CIT Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics; v20 p1-24 1995

EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PCO1 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Hausa; Language Research; *Linguistic Theory; *Morphology (Languages); *Nouns; Oral Language; Structural Analysis (Linguistics); *Syllables; Uncommonly Taught Languages IDENTIFIERS * (Phonology)

ABSTRACT McCarthy and Prince (1986, 1990) have put forward the prosodic Morphology Hypothesis to account for morphological processes, such as reduplication and truncation, that typically require that their output conform to a particular shape of template. This hypothesis claims that morphological templates are analyzable in terms of prosodic units. This paper shows that Hausa nominal reduplication and nickname formation are best analyzed as involving the specification of a foot template. Thus these two processes provide supporting evidence for McCarthy and Prince's Prosodic Morphology Hypothesis. Contains 11 references. (Author/JL)

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A bs tract: McCarthy and Prince (1986, 1990) have put forwardtheProsodic Morphology Hypothesistoaccount formorphologicalprocesses(suchasreduplicationand truncation)thattypicallyrequirethattheiroutput conform to a particular shape of template.This hypothesis claimsthatmorphologicaltemplatesareanalyzablein terms of prosodic units. InthispaperIwill showthat Hausa nominal reduplication and nickname formationarebest analyzed as involving the specification ofa foot template.Thus, these two processesprovide supporting evidencefor McCarthy and Prince's Prosodic MorphologyHypothesis.

1. Introduction McCarthy and Prince (1986, 1988 and1990) have observed that a varietyof morphological processes in different languages requirethattheiroutput conform toa particular shape of template. They refer to such phenomenaas shape invariant morphology: The typesof morphologicalprocessesthat typicallyrequirethespecificationof aparticulartemplate include reduplicationand truncation.

In reduplication, what reduplicates normally isspecifiable by a specifictemplate, and, in many truncationprocesses the output also conforms toa specific shape.In order to account for such morphologicalprocesses McCarthy and Prince (1986, 1988 and 1990) haveput forward the ProsodicMorphology Hypothesis. Thishypothesisclaimsthatmorphological templates are analyzable interms of prosodic units which can be definedas a syllable (and various types of syllables, such as light syllableor hez-1, syllable).

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In this paper I show that Hausahas morphological processes that make use of an invariantfoot template. Ispecially consider nominal reduplicationand nickname formation and show that these are best analyzedas involving the specification ofafoottemplate. Thus,these two processesprovide supportingevidenceforMcCarthy andPrince'sProsodic Morphology Hypothesis.

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