Foot-based allomorphy in Tlapanec (Mè’phàà)
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...
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De Gruyter
2022-01-01
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Series: | Linguistics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0108 |