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Linguistics 107 Assignment 7
B. Now consider the following data, with attention to the occurrence of schwa, i.e. [ə]:
Underlying Surface Gloss
a. /qajaɣtaŋqәʁtuq/ [qajaxtaŋ̥qәχtoq] ‘there are kayaks’
b. /navәɣtuq/ [navәxtoq] ‘it breaks’
c. /aŋutәt/ [aŋuːtәt] ‘men’
d. /aŋәluni/ [aŋluːni] ‘it being big’
e. /atәpik/ [atpik] ‘real name’
f. /qajaŋәʧiquq/ [qajaŋ̥ʧeqoq] ‘he will get a kayak’
4. Schwa is deleted in some forms. Write a rule that accounts for the deletion of schwa in
the above data. It may be useful to think about syllable structure.
5. Assume your generalization from Question 2 may be restated as a formal rule predicting
vowel length. Is the ordering of the vowel-length rule crucial with respect to your schwadeletion
rule from Question 4? If so, in what order must they apply?
Bonus1: Illustrate your answer to Question 5, using both possible orderings of the vowellength
rule and the schwa-deletion rule, with derivations for [aŋluːni].
Bonus2: Must the rule of schwa-deletion be ordered with respect to your devoicing rule
from Question 3? If so, in what order must they apply? Illustrate your answer,
using both possible orderings of these rules, with derivations for [qaˈjaŋ̥ʧeqoq].