The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments......................................................................................................x
List of Maps and Tables ............................................................................................xi
Abbreviations ............................................................................................................xiii
Chapter 1 Introduction ..........................................................................................1
1.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................1
1.2 Totonac-Tepehua family .....................................................................................1
1.3 Sociolinguistic sketch .........................................................................................2
1.4 FM Totonac morphosyntactic sketch ..................................................................3
1.5 Topics of theoretical and typological interest .....................................................4
1.5.1 Glottalization/laryngealization ...................................................................5
1.5.2 Nasal epenthesis .........................................................................................5
1.5.3 Sound symbolism and ideophones .............................................................5
1.5.4 Inflectional combinatorics .........................................................................5
1.5.5 Variable affix order ....................................................................................6
1.5.6 Clitics vs. affixes ........................................................................................6
1.6 Archiving of materials ........................................................................................6
1.7 Structure of dissertation ......................................................................................6
Chapter 2 The phonology of Filomeno Mata Totonac ........................................7
2.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................7
2.1.1 Notation conventions .................................................................................7
2.1.2 Word definition ..........................................................................................7
2.2 Phoneme Inventory .............................................................................................7
2.2.1 Distinctive features ....................................................................................8
2.2.2 Typological comparison .............................................................................9
2.2.3 Final consonants, glottal features, and devoiced vowels ...........................10
2.3 Consonant phonemes and allophones .................................................................11
2.3.1 Stops ...........................................................................................................11
2.3.1.1 /p/ ......................................................................................................11
2.3.1.2 /t/ ......................................................................................................11
2.3.1.3 /k/ ......................................................................................................12
2.3.1.4 /q/ ......................................................................................................12
2.3.1.5 /!/ ......................................................................................................13
2.3.2 Affricates ....................................................................................................14
2.3.2.1 /ts/ ......................................................................................................14
2.3.2.2 /c"/ ......................................................................................................14
2.3.2.3 /tl/ ......................................................................................................15
2.3.3 Fricatives ....................................................................................................15
2.3.3.1 /s/ ......................................................................................................15
2.3.3.2 /s"/ ......................................................................................................16
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