1st Edition

Accent & Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy

By Philip S. LeSourd Copyright 1993
    494 Pages
    by Routledge

    494 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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

    Biography

    Philip S. LeSourd