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The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

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One <strong>of</strong> my consultants perceived a semantic difference in the ordering <strong>of</strong> the dative <strong>and</strong> the<br />

ambulative that no other speakers reported: in certain root-affix combinations, with ambulative –<br />

tii"a in its st<strong>and</strong>ard order outside the dative, he read –tii"a in its concrete meaning <strong>of</strong> action while<br />

walking along (example 23), <strong>and</strong> when the ambulative preceded the dative, he interpreted the<br />

former in its metaphorical or aspectual sense <strong>of</strong> an action done intermittently over a period <strong>of</strong><br />

time (example 24) (see §5.3.2.4). I was unable to determine the factors on which the variation<br />

depended. <strong>The</strong> possibility <strong>of</strong> non-scopal, semantically-linked variation in affix order merits<br />

further study.<br />

22) s%ta’aktlawaniimíi<br />

/s"-ta-ak-tlawa-nii-mii-aa/<br />

PAST-3SUB.pl-HEAD-do-DAT-DOWN-IMPF<br />

s%ta’aktlawamiiníi<br />

/s"-ta-ak-tlawa-mii-nii-aa/<br />

PAST-3SUB.pl-HEAD-do-DOWN-DAT-IMPF<br />

‘they were exploiting him for him’ (7,12 jsf)<br />

23) nakkaapuutleqeeniitii"á<br />

/na-k-kaa-puutleqee-nii-tii"a-aa/<br />

FUT-1SUB-OBJ.pl-count-DAT-AMB-IMPF<br />

nakkaapuutleqeetii"aníi<br />

/na-k-kaa-puutleqee-tii"a-nii-aa/<br />

FUT-1SUB-OBJ.pl-count-AMB-DAT-IMPF<br />

‘I’m going to go along counting them (cattle) for him’ (9,8 mjl & 9,11 jsf)<br />

24) tanqsnoqniitii"á<br />

/tan-snoq-nii-tii"a-aa/<br />

REAR-whip-DAT-AMB-IMPF<br />

‘he was going along rear-whipping (someone’s horse)’ (7,6 jsf)<br />

tanqsnoqtii"aníi<br />

/tan-snoq-tii"a-nii-aa/<br />

REAR-whip-AMB-DAT-IMPF<br />

‘he was intermittently rear-whipping (someone’s horse)’ (7,6 jsf)<br />

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