ABSTRACT

At some point in the derivation ofthis word, the sequence jwo/ in the ending /-w-ok/ contracts to joj. After this contraction, the final /m/ of the stem is syllabifiable. Nothing turns on the ordering of this contraction, however. Since /m/ is not followed by a floating /o/ in (239), V-Epenthesis is not applicable to this representation, even though it contains an unsyllabified C. Schwa Deletion I does not apply to the first /o/ in (239) because this vowel is marked as exceptional. Schwa Deletion III is applicable, however. Its output is (240).