Melody-free syntax

(1) purpose a. to show that Zwicky & Pullum's (1986a,b) phonology-free syntax is in fact melodyfree syntax. [melody = phonological primes = everything below the skeleton] b. melody and morpho-syntax are incommunicado 1. no morpho-syntactic property can directly influence melody 2. no melodic property can directly influence morpho-syntax ==> in other words, communication in both directions always goes through the area above the skeleton. c. but melody is also unable to impact phonological structure at and above the skeleton: 1. stress 2. tone 3. chunk definition (phonological phrasing) d. we have thus a diagnostic for melodyhood sonority is systematically identified as not belonging to melody e. if not melody, what kind of animal is sonority?

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