Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present a non-linear account of Schwa Deletion in Hindi. Ohala (1987) has argued that her linear analysis (Ohala (1983)) is superior to D'Souza's (1985) non-linear analysis, which yields observationally incorrect outputs. I try to show that while D'Souza's rule of foot formation, on which Schwa Deletion is based, and her theoretical assumptions need to be revised, all the facts relating to the phenomenon have an elegant explanation within the prosodic phonological framework. The various irregularities in the application of the Schwa Deletion rule, which must be stipulated in Ohala's account, are predicted by the independently motivated principles and assumptions of prosodic and lexical phonology. In the end, data pertaining to anti- Antigemination (Odden (1988)) and related phenomena are taken up to provide evidence in favour of (possibly a weaker version of) the OCP.
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