Lexical phonology and nonconcatenative morphology in the history of Chaha

Authors

John J. McCarthy, University of Massachusetts, AmherstFollow

Publication Date

January 1986

Journal or Book Title

Revue québécoise de linguistique

Abstract

A problem in the historical phonology of the Ethiopian Semitic language Chaha is examined from the point of view of lexical phonology and the theory of nonconcatenative morphology. It is argued that systematic exceptions to the devoicing of geminate obstruents are derived from the principle of Geminate Inalterability interacting with Tier Conflation and the Strict Cycle.

DOI

10.7202/602585ar

Pages

209-227

Volume

16

Issue

1

Recommended Citation

McCarthy, John J., "Lexical phonology and nonconcatenative morphology in the history of Chaha" (1986). Revue québécoise de linguistique. 44.
10.7202/602585ar