Predicting prosodic structure by morphosyntactic category: A case study of Blackfoot
This study examines phonetic correlates to three prosodic categories in Blackfoot: the syllable (σ), the prosodic word (ω), and the phonological phrase (φ). I provide evidence that the Blackfoot σ is recognizable by an obligatory process of vowel coalescence and the φ is recognizable by an obligator...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2017-02-01
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| Series: | Glossa |
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| Online Access: | http://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/229 |