Junko Ito

Adjunction in prosodic phonology

Categories and projections in a model of the prosodic hierarchy; theoretical development and case studies (abstract).

1. The role of strict layering and prosodic recursion; proclisis in English and German; minimal and maximal projections of the phonological phrase in Japanese; Presented at OCP 4 (Old World Conference in Phonology)--Rhodes, Greece, January 2007 and at the Second Atami Phonology Festa (PAIK-TCP Joint Meeting), Atami, Japan, February 2007. Click for abstract and pdf-slides ("Categories and projections in prosodic structure").

2. Adjunction and the prosodic typology of compound structures in Japanese. Presented at FAJL (Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics, Osaka, Japan, August 2006) and at PAIK (Kobe University, November 2006). Click for abstract and paper ("Prosodic Adjunction in Japanese Compounds").

The onset of the prosodic word

The final-C syndrome, English r-sandhi, and the constraints on syllable and word onsets.

Revised version to appear in: Steve Parker, ed. Phonological Argumentation: Essays on Evidence and Motivation. London: Equinox. Click for abstract and pdf ms.

Lexical classes in phonology

The synchronic status of lexical strata in linguistics. Research report: Controversies and some new results.

Revised version to appear in: Shigeru Miyagawa and Mamoru Saito, eds. 2007. Handbook of Japanese Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Click for abstract and pdf ms.