TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edwards,Owen
TI  - Metathesis and unmetathesis in Amarasi
T2  - Studies in Diversity Linguistics 
SN  - 9783961102228
PB  - Language Science Press
KW  - Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Language arts
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Access copy available to the general public
N2  - This book provides a complete analysis of synchronic CV -> VC metathesis in Amarasi, a language of western Timor. Metathesis and unmetathesis realise a paradigm of parallel forms, pairs of which occur to complement each other throughout the language.  Metathesis in Amarasi is superficially associated with a bewildering array of disparate phonological processes including: vowel deletion, consonant deletion, consonant insertion and multiple kinds of vowel assimilation, any of which can (and do) vary by lect in their realisation. By proposing that Amarasi has an obligatory CVCVC foot in which C-slots can be empty, all these phonological processes can be straightforwardly derived from a single rule of metathesis and two associated phonological rules.
UR  - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/3b7db32d-faa0-4ccc-acac-568f2ef01292
ER  -