Choguita Rarámuri - Linguistics - University of California, Berkeley

2.3.2 Syllables ................................................................................................... 64
2.3.2.1 Underlying syllable structure ......................................................... 64
2.3.2.2 Consonant sequences ...................................................................... 67
2.3.2.2.1 Consonant clusters .............................................................. 67
2.3.2.2.2 Derived geminates .............................................................. 70
2.3.2.3 Vowel sequences ............................................................................. 72
2.3.2.3.1 Derived long vowels ........................................................ 72
2.3.2.3.2 Diphthongs ....................................................................... 73
2.3.2.3.3 Vowel hiatus ..................................................................... 75
2.3.2.4 Semi-vowels .................................................................................... 76
2.3.2.4.1 Semi-vowel deletion ........................................................ 76
2.3.2.4.2 Semi-vowel monophthongization .................................... 79
2.3.3 Glottal stop: an initial disyllabic window ................................................ 80
2.3.4 Minimal word size ................................................................................... 84
2.3.5 Distinctive pitch ....................................................................................... 87
2.4 Summary ........................................................................................................... 89
Chapter 3: Verbal morphology 91
3.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 91
3.2 Canonical roots and suffixes ............................................................................. 93
3.3 Verbal root classes ............................................................................................ 95
3.3.1 The contrast between stressed and unstressed roots ................................. 95
3.3.1.1 Semantic accounts of verbal root classes in Uto-Aztecan .............. 100
3.3.1.2 Conjugational class analysis alternative .......................................... 101
3.3.1.3 The interaction of strong and weak constructions ........................... 104
3.3.2 Valence stem allomorphy ......................................................................... 106
3.3.3 Change of state predicates ........................................................................ 109
3.3.4 Summary .................................................................................................... 114
3.4 The Inner Stem: non-concatenative and unproductive processes ...................... 115
3.4.1 Non-concatenative processes .................................................................... 115
3.4.1.1 Conversion ....................................................................................... 116
3.4.1.2 Pluractionality: prefixation and consonant mutation ....................... 116
3.4.1.3 Imperative final stem stress ............................................................. 118
3.4.1.4 Stress shift as verbalization ............................................................. 119
3.4.2 Instrumental prefixes ................................................................................ 120
3.4.3 Body part incorporation ............................................................................ 121
3.4.4 Number marking: suppletion and plural prefixes ..................................... 124
3.4.5 Verbalizing morphology ........................................................................... 125
3.4.6 Summary ................................................................................................... 128
3.5 Verbal template and verbal domains ................................................................. 128
3.5.1 Morphotactic evidence for suffix ordering generalizations ..................... 134
3.5.2 Phonological transparency and morpheme boundary strength ................. 147
3.5.2.1 Root-suffix haplology ..................................................................... 148
3.5.2.2 Compensatory lengthening ............................................................. 150
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