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Vowel harmony and schwa strengthening in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh
Academic Work
In this paper, I provide a further phonological basis for Jacobs' (2011) hypothesis that the vowel (V) before the directive (DIR) is an epenthetic schwa in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh. I argue V's other realizations can independently be accounted for by vowel harmony and schwa strengthening. Dyck (2004) provides a formal analyses for vowel harmony for the Squamish directive. I present more vowel harmony data in other constructions and extend her account to these constructions. I then present data with instances of schwa alternating with a stressed /á/, describing some of them as schwa strengthening. I argue that schwa strengthening takes place (in environments yet to be fully understood) to fulfill moraic requirements that schwa or its coda cannot on their own. Since these processes are independent of the directive, I conclude that it is not necessary to include them in the directive's lexical description.
AW.00007
2012
Language and Linguistics
UBC Working Papers in Linguistics Press
International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages, 47,
International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages, 47,
Working Papers
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