ABSTRACT

This book evaluates the predictions of syllable-based analyses of Italian in three domains: native speaker intuition of consonant cluster syllabification, definite article allomorphy, and segment duration, and tests the claimed convergence of multiple phenomena on the same syllable structure.

chapter Chapter One|10 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter Two|40 pages

Consonant Cluster Syllabification

chapter Chapter Three|69 pages

Definite Article Allomorphy

chapter |52 pages

Chapter Four Segment Duration

chapter Chapter Five|5 pages

Summary and Conclusion