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The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

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6.2.3.5 Position 8 instrumentals. As already mentioned, instrumental lii- can occur in free order<br />

at least in some contexts with the variable prefixes <strong>of</strong> positions 9, 10 <strong>and</strong> 11, as shown in<br />

examples 3 (plural object-lii-), 8(reciprocal-lii-), <strong>and</strong> 9(round-trip-lii-), <strong>and</strong> with the comitative<br />

(example 14) <strong>and</strong> the associative (example 15) prefixes. <strong>The</strong> instrumental puu- is far less likely<br />

to appear in reverse order, doing so only occasionally with the round-trip prefix (example 10),<br />

the comitative (example 16) <strong>and</strong> the associative (17). <strong>The</strong> factors influencing variability in<br />

ordering are discussed in more detail in §6.2.2, but it seems that the possibility <strong>of</strong> confusing<br />

instrumental puu- with locative puu- <strong>of</strong> position 4 may usually prevent it from moving to the<br />

rootward side <strong>of</strong> prefixes in positions 6 <strong>and</strong> 7. <strong>The</strong> semantics <strong>of</strong> the two etymologically related<br />

prefixes, one referring to an instrument with an interior, the other to a location with an interior,<br />

are difficult to tease apart with some stems.<br />

14) kaaliitaakí"t"i<br />

/kaa-lii-taa-kí#t#i-li&/<br />

OBJ.pl-INST-COM-sing-PFTV<br />

kaataaliikí"t"i<br />

/kaa-taa-lii-kí#t#i-li&/<br />

OBJ.pl-COM-INST-sing-PFTV<br />

‘he sang (a song) with them’ (8,136 mjl)<br />

15) liimaqlakas%tláwa<br />

/lii-maq-laka-s"tláwa-li&/<br />

INST-ASS-FACE-fix-PFTV<br />

maqliilakas%tláwa<br />

/maq-lii-laka-s"tláwa-li&/<br />

ASS-INST-FACE-fix-PFTV<br />

‘he fixed it with others with (an instrument)’ (8,151 jsf)<br />

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