APOCOPE AND THE LICENSING OF EMPTY-HEADED SYLLABLES (original) (raw)

APOCOPE AND THE LICENSING OF EMPTY-HEADED SYLLABLES

Linguistic Review, 1991

Abstract

... (6) a. pik [pi:k] 4sand' nen [nern] 'spirif pwil [pwi:l] 'gum' b. kent [kent] 'urine' emp [emp] 'coconut crab' c. mall [mall] Clearing' kull [kull] 'roach' McCarthy attributes the process of vowel lengthening to a requirement that Ponapean nouns must minimally be bimoraic. ...

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