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:	9781135501693
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/04/2013
Series:	Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	494
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Philip S. LeSourd

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