ABSTRACT
The basic point at issue here would not be affected, however, if the scope of our investigation were expanded. Some occurrences of I a I are phonologically inserted as unstressable vowels. If unstressable vowels are floating vowels, then the grammar of Passamaquoddy must include a rule which inserts material on the segmental tier
alone. A few sample derivations are given in section 3 to illustrate the ways in which these epenthetic vowels are treated by subsequent rules of V-slot epenthesis and syncope.
