Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

1: Introduction.- 1.1. Subgrouping.- 1.2. History.- 1.3. Theoretical Assumptions.- Notes.- 2: Segmental Phonology and Morphophonemic Processes.- 2.1. Description of Segments.- 2.2. Distribution of Segments.- 2.2.1. VV Sequences.- 2.2.2. CV Sequences.- 2.2.3. Mohawk Consonant Clusters.- 2.2.4. Mohawk Obstruent plus y Clusters.- 2.2.5. Oneida Consonant Clusters.- 2.2.6. Oneida Cluster Simplification.- 2.2.6.1. hCC and hC #.- 2.2.6.2. ChC.- 2.2.6.3. CCh.- 2.2.7. Onondaga Consonant Clusters.- 2.2.8. Cayuga Consonant Clusters.- 2.2.9. Seneca Consonant Clusters.- 2.2.10. Seneca and Cayuga Deletion and Epenthesis.- 2.2.10.1. Seneca h-deletion.- 2.2.10.2. Seneca and Cayuga h-epenthesis.- 2.2.10.3. Seneca and Cayuga e-epenthesis.- 2.2.10.4. Seneca and Cayuga t-deletion.- 2.2.10.5. Seneca and Cayuga Stop Deletion.- 2.2.10.6. Seneca t-deletion.- 2.3. Morphophonemic Alternations.- 2.3.1. Loss of r or l from Masculine Prefixes.- 2.3.2. a + i ? ?.- 2.3.3. Vowel Deletion.- 2.3.4. Dissimilation.- 2.3.5. (w)a(?) + wa ? u.- 2.3.6. y-deletion.- 2.3.7. Simplification of ?h.- 2.3.8. Word-initial h-deletion.- 2.3.9. Word-initial Glide Deletion.- 2.4. Overview of Morphology.- 2.5. Abbreviations.- Notes.- 3: Accent.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. Mohawk Accent.- 3.2.1. Accent and Tonic Lengthening.- 3.2.2. Laryngeal Lengthening.- 3.2.3. Exceptions to Laryngeal Lengthening.- 3.2.4. Intervocalic Laryngeals.- 3.3. Oneida Accent.- 3.3.1. Penultimate Accent.- 3.3.2. Accent Shift.- 3.3.3. Laryngeal Lengthening.- 3.3.4. Exceptions to Laryngeal Lengthening.- 3.3.5. Intervocalic Laryngeals.- 3.3.6. Weakening in Posttonic Syllables.- 3.3.7. Utterance-final Phenomena.- 3.3.7.1. Utterance-final Devoicing.- 3.3.7.2. Resonant Devoicing.- 3.3.7.3. Utterance-final Epenthesis.- 3.3.7.4. Utterance-final Glide Vocalization.- 3.3.7.5. Utterance-final "Shortening".- 3.3.7.6. Utterance-final Lengthening.- 3.3.7.7. Posttonic ? ? h.- 3.3.7.8. No Devoicing.- 3.4. Onondaga Accent.- 3.4.1. Separation of Pitch and Stress.- 3.4.2. Vowel Lengthening.- 3.4.2.1. Tonic Lengthening.- 3.4.2.2. Pretonic Lengthening.- 3.4.2.3. Second Syllable Lengthening.- 3.5. Cayuga Accent.- 3.5.1. A New Accent Rule.- 3.5.2. Pretonic Lengthening.- 3.5.3. Accent of the Joiner Vowel.- 3.5.4. Laryngeal Metathesis.- 3.6. Seneca Accent.- 3.6.1. Penultimate Lengthening.- 3.6.1.1. Penultimate Lengthening and a.- 3.6.1.2. Nasalization and Assimilation of a.- 3.6.1.3. Penultimate Lengthening in VV < *VrV.- 3.6.1.4. Penultimate Lengthening in VV < *VhV.- 3.6.2. Accent.- 3.6.2.1. The Accent Rule.- 3.6.2.2. Interaction with Vowel Lengthening.- Notes.- 4: Glide/Vowel Alternations.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. y/i Alternations.- 4.3. w/o Alternations.- Notes.- 5: e-Epenthesis.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Mohawk e-epenthesis.- 5.3. e-epenthesis in other LI Languages.- 5.3.1. Oneida.- 5.3.2. Onondaga.- 5.3.3. Cayuga.- 5.3.4. Seneca.- 5.4. Mohawk e-epenthesis in Historical Perspective.- Appendix I: Partial Reanalysis of Stems in Mohawk.- Appendix II: Partial Reanalysis of Stems in Oneida.- Notes.- 6: The Joiner Vowel.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Mohawk.- 6.2.1. Preaccent and Postaccent Joiner Insertion.- 6.2.2. Morphological and Phonological Conditions for Joiner Insertion.- 6.3. Oneida.- Notes.- 7: *r-Loss in the Western Languages.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Intervocalic *r-loss.- 7.3. Outcome of *ara.- 7.4. Postconsonantal *r loss.- 7.5. Preconsonantal *r-loss.- 7.6. Synchronic Alternations in Seneca.- 7.6.1. Stem-final Obstruent plus *(h)r.- 7.6.2. Stem-initial *r or *hr plus Rounded Vowel.- 7.6.3. Stem-final *ry.- Notes.- Conclusion.- References.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.