Canonical Forms in Prosodic Morphology

Laura J. Downing is a Research Fellow at the Centre for General Linguistics, Typology, and Universals Research (ZAS) in Berlin where her work focuses on theoretical issues in prosodic phonology and morphology. Her interest in morphologically-conditioned phonology is represented in a volume she co-edited on Paradigms in Phonological Theory (Oxford). Her current research project at the ZAS is concerned with the prosodic expression of focus in Southern Bantu languages.

An excellent, clearly written and informative work that should be of great interest to any linguist interested in the phonology-morphology interface.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Prosodic Hierarchy-Based Templates ; 3. Morpheme-Based Templates ; 4. The Role of Phonology in Defining Canonical Form in MBT ; 5. Questions for Future Research and Conclusion ; References