Loanwords and Stress in Tohono O'odham
CM Fitzgerald - Anthropological Linguistics, 1999 - JSTOR
Anthropological Linguistics, 1999•JSTOR
Tohono O'odham (formerly Papago) assigns primary stress to the first syllable in content
words; but there is an asymmetry in the distribution of secondary stress, where the facts are
more complicated. Polymorphemic words stress all odd syllables, whereas monomorphemic
words stress only nonfinal odd syllables. The implications of this distribution for metrical
stress theory are discussed. It is especially intriguing that the crucial support for the
asymmetry comes exclusively from loanwords.
words; but there is an asymmetry in the distribution of secondary stress, where the facts are
more complicated. Polymorphemic words stress all odd syllables, whereas monomorphemic
words stress only nonfinal odd syllables. The implications of this distribution for metrical
stress theory are discussed. It is especially intriguing that the crucial support for the
asymmetry comes exclusively from loanwords.
Tohono O'odham (formerly Papago) assigns primary stress to the first syllable in content words; but there is an asymmetry in the distribution of secondary stress, where the facts are more complicated. Polymorphemic words stress all odd syllables, whereas monomorphemic words stress only nonfinal odd syllables. The implications of this distribution for metrical stress theory are discussed. It is especially intriguing that the crucial support for the asymmetry comes exclusively from loanwords.
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