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The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

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ongoing ‘right now’. Progressive –maa is one <strong>of</strong> several suffixes that have a suppletive form, -<br />

paa, when the subject is second person; in addition, it has another suppletive form for third<br />

person plural subject: -maana. In some <strong>Totonac</strong> varieties –na is a separate plural number affix<br />

(Beck 2003:48), but in FM <strong>Totonac</strong> it is a frozen particle found only as part <strong>of</strong> the progressive<br />

suffix, <strong>and</strong> I analyze –maana as a single suppletive form. When the –maa <strong>and</strong> –maana<br />

allomorphs are word final, they impose penultimate stress. <strong>The</strong> –paa allomorph is always<br />

followed by a second person subject suffix, which are associated with different stress patterns:<br />

2SUB.sg –ti" requires stress two syllables preceding itself, <strong>and</strong> 2SUB.pl –titi" one syllable<br />

preceding itself.<br />

44) kmaqalóonqma<br />

/k-maqa-loonq-maa<br />

1SUB-HAND-cold-PROG<br />

‘my h<strong>and</strong>s are cold’<br />

45) liilamaapá<br />

/lii-la-maa-para/<br />

INST-live-PROG-ITER<br />

‘he’s at it again’ (‘he is living for it again’)<br />

46) s%taki"wamáana<br />

/s"-ta-ki#-wan-maana/<br />

PAST-3SUB.pl-mouth-say-PROG3<br />

‘they were saying’<br />

47) s%waayampaaqóotits’<br />

/s"-waa-nan-paa-qoo-titi&-ts'a&/<br />

PAST-eat-HAB-PROG2-TOT-2SUB.pl-YA<br />

‘you pl. were already finishing eating’<br />

4.7.2.5 Secondary aspect markers. In addition to the set <strong>of</strong> four primary aspect markers just<br />

described, many derivational affixes have aspectual significance. <strong>The</strong>se include negative<br />

polarity a*= (NOT) YET; ‘ak- ‘at the point <strong>of</strong>’; associated motion kii- ROUND-TRIP <strong>and</strong> tii-<br />

PASS-BY; ambulative –tii"a; iterative –para; totalitive/terminative –qo’o; MEANWHILE –qe’e;<br />

deictic/momentary –ci"; <strong>and</strong> enclitic adverbials JUST –ku’u" <strong>and</strong> YA –ts*!. <strong>The</strong>se affixes will be<br />

covered in Chapter 5 on derivation.<br />

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