An Optimality-Theoretic analyisis of Chilean voseo verb inflection
Abstract
This study offers a structural analysis of the voseo conjugation in Chilean Spanish. The pattern is analyzed as not only an autonomous and self-sufficient linguistic structure but also a structure in which two of the most important variables of Spanish come together: Spanish American voseo and the -s in the syllabic coda. These two elements involve different linguistic levels, such as morphology, phonology, or phonetics. An optimizing perspective is the best strategy to factor out the different elements of the analysis. By turning those elements into universal and natural constraints it is possible not only to account for the voseo pattern in Chile, but also to project typologies of voseo and explore the coda -s with scope over the entire Spanish-speaking world.
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