Accent & Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy

by Philip S. LeSourd

Overview

First published in 1993. The focus of this study is a set of related problems in the phonology of Passamaquoddy involving stress assignment and syncope. Both of these processes make a distinction between stressable and unstressable vowels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815302131
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1992
Series:	Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
Pages:	494
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Overview of Morphology Chapter 3. Phonetics and Orthography Chapter 4. Stress Assignment Chapter 5. Syncope of jaj Chapter 6. Syncope of /i/, /a/, and joj Chapter 7. Epenthesis on the Segmental Tier Chapter 8. The Treatment of Underlying Vowel Sequences Chapter 9. Initial Change Chapter 10 Final Vowel Deletion