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Chapter1.DomainstructureconditionsinVilamovianandEnglish
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isgovernedbytheheadofthebranchingonset[pr],thatis,[p].The
headofthisgoverningrelationisgovernment-licensedbythefollowing
nucleusfilledwiththemelodyof[ei].
Turningtotheexamplesgatheredunder(4b),itcanbeobservedthat
bothnon-branchingonsets(e.g.,ball)andrhymalcomplement-onset
structures(e.g.,tent)canbefoundinthiscontext.Therearetwoim-
portantimplicationsthatfollowfromtheavailabilityofsuchstructural
configurations.Firstofall,thefinalnucleuscanbeleftempty
,which
meansthattheFinalEmptyNucleusParameterissetatONinEnglish.
Secondly
,thisfinalemptynuclearpositioniscapableofsupportingthe
precedingtrans-constituentgoverningdomain.Thus,itisalegitimate
government-licenser.
The(4b)groupcontainstwomoreinterestingexamplesrepresenting
twodiferentstructuresavailablewithinEnglishdomains.Thewordbox
possessestheso-calledappendix.Moreprecisely
,whenweanalyzethe
[ks]clusterterminatingthenoun,wehavetoconcludethatitcannot
berepresentedasarhymalcomplement-onsetstructure.Therefore,[s]
maynotgoverntheprecedingplosiveasitislesscomplexthan[k].
Moreover,[ks]isnotawell-formedbranchingonseteither.Onlyliquids
canbecomplementswithinintra-onsetgoverningdomains.Fricativesare
toostrong(i.e.,toocomplex).Asasolutiontosuchproblematiccases,
Harris(1994)proposesthat[s]isintegratedintherepresentationatthe
word-level.Informssuchaschange,thefinalsequenceofconsonants
[ndJ]constitutesawell-formedright-headedtrans-constituentgoverning
domain.Theproblemhereconcernsthelongnatureofthepreceding
vocalicunit.Thediphthong[ei]istheheadoftherhyme.Normally
,
withinbranchingconstituentstherearetwosegmentsdominatedbythe
relevantskeletalslots.Inthiscase,wehavethreemelodies:[e],[i],and
[n].Structuresofthiskind,whicharecomposedofthreeskeletalposi-
tions,arecalledsuper-heavyrhymesandhavetosatisfymorestringent
conditionsimposedonthemelodiesattachedtotherhymalcomplement
points5.Forthepresentdiscussion,itisimportanttonotethatsuch
structuresdooccurinEnglishandcanbelicensedbyfinalemptynuclei.
Asimilarexamplecanbefoundinthelistspecifiedin(4c).Intheword
chamber,thesyllabificationofthediphthongandthetwoconsonants
toitsrightisexactlythesame.Wearedealingherewithasuper-heavy
rhymestructure.Inthiscase,however,thegoverningdomainbetween[b]
and[m]isgovernment-licensedbyarealizednucleuscontainingschwa.
Inthelexicalitemtrendytheword-medialconsonantcluster[nd]is
representedasarhymalcomplement-onsetgoverningdomainlicensed
5Fordetails,seeHarris(1994).
