This paper investigates the emergence of the unmarked (henceforth, TETU) in reduplication according to Correspondence Theory. In the original Correspondence Theory (McCarthy & Prince, 1995a), which is universally quantified, the alternation in the bas...
This paper investigates the emergence of the unmarked (henceforth, TETU) in reduplication according to Correspondence Theory. In the original Correspondence Theory (McCarthy & Prince, 1995a), which is universally quantified, the alternation in the base for TETU brings about opacity. The opacity arises when the reduplicant contains materials which are not present in the base. In this paper the modified Correspondence Theory (Struijke, 2000) will be compared with the original Correspondence Theory (McCarthy & Prince, 1995a). We think these two correspondence models differ in their account of TETU. To explain the difference, first we will analyse TETU in Kwakwala according to Correspondence Theory (McCarthy & prince, 1995a). However, though the model can explain TETU in the reduplicant, it cannot analyse TETU in the base. Therefore, we apply a new TETU approach to Kwkwala according to the modified Correspondence Theory (Struijke, 2000). which is existentially quantified.