ABSTRACT
The derivation of wm-U-hsan (in.two-strike-lie-(3)) 'it strikes something and breaks' will serve to illustrate the interaction of Initial Syllable Epenthesis with our revised rules of syncope. Following the application of Final Syllable Epenthesis, the representation of this word is that shown in (79a). Initial Syllable Epenthesis provides a V-slot for the fa/ of /tam-/, permitting the syllabification of the following /m/, as shown in (79b). Generalized V-Epenthesis is therefor inapplicable, so Syncope I deletes the /i/ of /-ihte-/, H-Deletion V eliminates the following /h/, and we are left with (79c).
