Foot-based allomorphy in Tlapanec (Mè’phàà)

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ID10295493
AuthorsHiroto Uchihara (0000-0002-6852-9053, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, corresponding author), Gregorio Tiburcio Cano (Secretaría de Educación de Guerrero , Chilpancingo , Mexico)
Year2022
Volume60
Issue1
Pages83-122
Publication date2022-01-27
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling-2020-0108
OpenAlexW3212514345
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited30

Tlapanec (Mè’phàà), an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico, has several allomorphic alternations which are sensitive to the number of syllables of the stem (monosyllabic vs. disyllabic). We argue that these alternations are motivated by the foot structure which consists of two syllables, and that such alternations can be captured by subcategorization frames. An alternative, P » M analysis is also provided, where the allomorphic alternations are motivated by markedness constraints, namely *(tV.ˈσ), which avoids [t] in the weak position of the foot. These two approaches will be compared, and it will be argued that a subcategorization approach is more adequate than a P » M analysis

Allomorph · Foot (prosody) · Linguistics · Markedness · Morpheme · Subcategorization · Verb · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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