VAXMAN

My research focuses on accent, syllable structure, their typology and acquisition... Accent assignment in phonological, lexical and mixed accent systems, with emphasis on morphologically conditioned exceptionality. The central goal of the Scales-and-Parameters theory (which I propose) is to provide a uniform account of accentual regularities and exceptions within and across these different types of systems in terms of a single accent-assigning mechanism... Diacritic (morphemic) weight as an alternative to lexical accent. Weight scales ordering diacritic weight, alone or in combination with syllable weight