Metathesis in Language 2.0

Clallam

Language Family
Salishan
Subgroup
Straits Salish
Area

Summary

Many roots show metathesis in aspectual opposition. Non-actual: CCV; Actual: CVC.

 


Type(s) of metathesis

Type Status Optionality Position Location
a. CC/CV Synchronic Obligatory Adjacent Root-internal, between root and infix

Case types and qualities

Examples

Nonactual Actual  
qqʔí qíqʔ- 'tie up'
pkʔwə'- pə'kʔw- 'smoke'

 


Conditions

 

 


Motivations

 

 


Symbols

qʔ = glottalized voiceless uvular stop
kʔw = glottalized voiceless labio-velar stop
ə' = mid central vowel with primary stress

 

Comments

 

 

Bibliography

  • Laurence, G. & M. Terry Thompson. 1971. Clallam: A Preview. Studies in American Indian Languages. University of California Publications in Linguistics. Berkeley: University of California Press. No. 65. 251-294.