Mabalay Ayatal
- Language Family
- Austronesian
- Subgroup
- Formosa
- Area
- —
Summary
Metathesis is argued to combine with epenthesis and vowel-glide alternations to satisfy prosodic constraints.
Type(s) of metathesis
| Type | Status | Optionality | Position | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. CC/CV | Synchronic | Obligatory | Adjacent | Root-internal |
Case types and qualities
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- CC/CV
-
- C:
- Any
- V:
- Any
Examples
From Lambert 1999, who argues that metathesis, epenthesis, and vowel-glide alternations combine in an Optimality Theory model to ensure certain syllable and metrical foot constraints are satisfied where possible. Vowels in parantheses are epenthetical.
kay(a)ɮ --- k-am-ay(a)ɮ --- kʲaɮ-ʊn 'speak'
p(a)taʒuaw --- m-(a)taʒuaw --- patʒʷaɣ-ʊn 'work'
Conditions
No conditions could be found
Motivations
No motivations could be found
Symbols
Comments
Bibliography
- Lambert, Wendy Mae. 1999. Epenthesis, metathesis, and vowel-glide alternation: Prosodic reflexes in Mabalay Atayal. MA Thesis, National Tsing Hua University.