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Phonology From The Ground Up - University of North Dakota

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Other special syllables<br />

G.13.! ! In!some!languages,!stressed!syllables!are!specially!licensed!to!contain!<br />

more!consonants!(or!vowels)!than!other!syllables. 70 !Unstressed!syllables!<br />

might!not!allow!a!branching!rime,!for!example,!whereas!a!stressed!syllable!<br />

may.!<br />

Practical tips<br />

1. Collect!the!data.!Use!only!full!word!forms!for!the!study,!not!pieces!<strong>of</strong>!<br />

words.!!<br />

Draft!8/3/11!(not!for!citation);!©!Stephen!A.!Marlett;!provisional!title:!<strong>Phonology</strong>(from(the(<strong>Ground</strong>(<strong>Up</strong>((Part(1).!<br />

! 48!<br />

2. Distinguish!between!content!words!and!function!words!(focussing!on!the!<br />

former).!<br />

3. Set!aside!obvious!or!suspected!loanwords!during!the!initial!study!at!least.!<br />

4. Set!aside!dubious!data!at!first.!<br />

5. Be!aware!<strong>of</strong>!morpheme!boundaries.!(This!is!relevant!only!if!the!addition!<br />

<strong>of</strong>!morphemes!seems!to!be!affecting!the!syllable!structure.)!If!possible,!<br />

focus!on!monomorphemic!words!first.!<br />

6. Analyze!robust!patterns!first.!(If!only!one!word!illustrates!a!pattern,!do!<br />

not!overstate!the!case!using!it.)!<br />

7. Do!not!be!misled!by!what!happens!at!word!edges.!Monosyllabic!words!<br />

are!the!most!prone!to!mis\analysis!!Such!words!are!not!the!easiest!data!to!<br />

analyze,!although!they!may!seem!to!be!easy!since!they!are!so!short.!<br />

8. Syllable!structure!analyses!focus!on!how!the!phonemes!<strong>of</strong>!the!language!<br />

are!organized.!<strong>The</strong>!assumption!is!that!the!data!are!not!just!raw!phonetics.!<br />

In!many!cases!it!may!not!make!any!difference,!but!in!some!cases!it!may.!<br />

Checklist for syllable structure write-ups<br />

G.14.! In!one!way!or!another!the!following!questions!should!be!addressed!in!a!<br />

complete!phonological!description!<strong>of</strong>!the!syllables.!!<br />

!<br />

a. Maximal syllable template: (specify the template)<br />

b. Obligatory Onset Parameter: (specify the setting)<br />

c. Word-initial Onset Exception Parameter: (specify the setting)<br />

d. Extrametricality (specify details)<br />

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />

70!For!example,!this!is!true!<strong>of</strong>!Seri;!see!Marlett!(1989).!

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