Linguistics 696bFall ’09HammondExpletive InfixationA. Overview(1) Outline:a. Questions from last timeb. Expletive infixationc. Toward a general theoryB. Expletive infixation(2) Mon`onga–f*–h´ela`Ala–f*–b´amaf`an–f*–t´astic(3) Possible infixes: fuckin’, bloody. Also: (god)damn, freakin’, flippin’.(4) Expletive Infixation (segmental version)3 1X V Q V Y1 2 3 4 5 → 1 2 3 EXP 4 5Condition: Q does not contain3V.(5) f`an–f*–t´astic *fant–f*–astic*fa–f*–ntasticD`u–f*–br´ovnik *Dubr–f*–ovnik ?Dub–f*–rovnik`ın–f*–st´anti`ate *inst–f*–antiate ?ins–f*–tantiate*i–f*–nstantiate1(6) Don’t work for me without a stress shift:am´alga–f*–m`atedem´anci–f*–p`ator´every–f*–b`odyh´andi–f*–c`aph´ypo–f*–cr`ıtek´ınder–f*–g`artenL´auder–f*–d`ale(7) What about these:P`opo–f*–c`atep´etlP`opoc`ate–f*–p´etl?`ant´ıcipa–f*–t`ory`an–f*–t´ıcipat`ory(8) McCarthy claims that there need not be a preceeding stressed sylable:to–f*–g´etherim–f*–p´ortant(air) con–f*–d´ıtionerad–f*–v´anceSu–f*–m´atraBho–f*–w´anide–f*–g´eneratee–f*–n´oughe–f*–v´aporateper–f*–h´apsde–f*–f´enceyour–f*–s´elf(9) Expletive Infixation (metrical version)X [Y]Σ1 2 → 1 EXP 2(10) T`ata–f*–mag´oucheeT`atama–f*–g´oucheeW`ınne–f*–pes´aukeeW`ınnepe–f*–s´aukeeK`ala–f*–maz´ooK`alama–f*–z´oo2(11) `un–f*–bel´ıevable ?`unbe–f*–l´ıevable`un–f*–der´ıvable ?`unde–f*–r´ıvable`un–f*–coll´ectable ?`unco–f*–ll´ectable`un–f*–diss´uaded `undi–f*–ss´uaded(12) `ınterm´ıssionm`etam´orphosism`eta-phon´ology`ınterdep´endenth`etero-syll´abicC. Other possibilities(13) Must the primary stress occur to the right of the infix?(14) Does transparent morphology “trump” prosody?(15) raccoon [r`æk´un] taiphoon [t`ayf´un]taboo [t `æb´u] monsoon [m`ans´un]settee [s`Et´ı] covert [k`ov´ô"t](16) Does the shape of the infix dictate its location?D. Toward a general theory(17) What have we seen so far?a. meterb. cheers, limericksc. nursery rhymes and 4-beat meterd. an intermediate case: name gamee. games generally(18) A PLAY modulereversal, insertion/infixation, replacement(19) METER modulerhythm: stress, syllables, moras3E. ReferencesHammond, Michael. 1997. Vowel quantity and syllabification in English. Language 73:1–17.Hammond, Michael. 1999. The phonology of English. Oxford: Oxford University Press.McCarthy, J. 1982. Prosodic structure and expletive infixation. Language