Phonological Conditions on Affixation

Acknowledgements
I have many people to thank for their various contributions to my work. My
studies in linguistics began almost by accident when I was an undergraduate at Ohio
State. I had changed my major several times, but was hooked by an excellent intro
linguistics course with Beth Hume, whose enthusiasm for the subject rubbed off on me
from the start. Dave Odden’s phonology course sealed the deal. Dave taught me how to
do fieldwork and how to do phonology. He is one of the people I admire and respect
most, and I am deeply appreciative to him for being a great role model.
I would also like to thank my advisors, Sharon Inkelas and Andrew Garrett, for
their guidance and support. I cannot thank them enough. Sharon has been a wonderful
mentor and friend. Invariably, when I have felt at all confused or discouraged about
something I was working on, I have always emerged from meetings with Sharon feeling
infinitely better, with clearer thinking and better focus than before. Andrew has also been
an excellent advisor, and in particular I am extremely grateful to him for helping me
through a period of uncertainty early in my graduate career with encouragement and
understanding. Andrew is someone whose standards of intellectual excellence are
sometimes intimidating but always inspiring.
I am also very grateful to Larry Hyman, who is always interesting to talk to and
has influenced my work in many ways. Larry’s obvious passion for his work has been an
inspiration at times when I have felt bogged down in my studies, and I have appreciated
this very much. There are several other faculty members who have been especially
helpful and influential during my time at Berkeley, including Juliette Blevins, John
Ohala, and Ian Maddieson; in general, all of the linguistics faculty at Berkeley have been
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