2020.09.12 13:26
Kim, Jungyeon. 2020. Korean partial reduplication in Serial
Template Satisfaction. Studies
in Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology, 26.2. 261-277.
This study focuses on partial reduplication that involves
doubling of only part of the base observed in Korean morphology. Previous
attempts conducted within different frameworks of Optimality Theory as well as
pre-OT theories do not adequately give a consistent, unified explanation for
several important issues associated with Korean partial reduplication such as
the differences between CV and CVC reduplicants and various classes of partial
reduplication. This study analyzes the seemingly problematic cases within the
framework of Serial Template Satisfaction, a theory of reduplication embedded
in Harmonic Serialism, which is a derivational version of Optimality Theory. In
STS, template satisfaction is a gradual process that plays out over the course
of a derivation using several different natural operations. This study shows
that the predictions of STS are supported by the disadvantages of many other
theories of reduplication including Base-Reduplicant Correspondence Theory.
Keywords: Korean partial reduplication, Base-Reduplicant
Correspondence Theory, Harmonic Serialism, Serial Template Satisfaction