It is often argued that words have complex internal structure in terms of their morphology, phonology, and semantics. On the surface, Armenian compounds present a bracketing paradox between their morphological and phonological structure. I argue that this bracketing paradox simultaneously references endocentricity, strata, and prosody. I use Armenian as a case study to argue for the use of cyclic approaches to bracketing paradoxes over the more common counter-cyclic approaches. I analyze the bracketing paradox using cyclic Head-Operations (Hoeksema 1985) and Prosodic Phonology (Nespor and Vogel 1986), specifically the Prosodic Stem (Downing 1999a). I argue that the interaction between the bracketing paradox and the rest of compound phonology requires the use of stratal levels and cyclicity. I argue that counter-cyclic approaches like Morphological Merger (Marantz 1988) or Morphological Rebracketing (Sproat 1985) are inadequate because they make incorrect predictions about Armenian phonology.

人们通常认为，单词在形态，语音和语义方面具有复杂的内部结构。在表面上，亚美尼亚化合物的形态和语音结构之间存在包围悖论。我认为这种包围悖论同时涉及内心性，阶层和韵律。我以亚美尼亚为案例研究，主张使用循环方法将悖论归类到更常见的反循环方法上。我使用循环头部操作（Hoeksema 1985）和韵律音韵学（Nespor and Vogel 1986），特别是韵律词干（Downing 1999a）来分析包围悖论。我认为包围式悖论与其他复合音系之间的相互作用要求使用层级水平和周期性。