Simple syllables in Nxa?amxcin

Czaykowska-Higgins and Willett provide a series of arguments which suggest that maximal size and shape of the syllable in Nxa?amxcin is of the form of CVC and that in a word like Nxa?amxcin scilksq't only a portion fits into the maximal syllable.

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Published inInternational journal of American linguistics Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 385 - 411
Main Authors CZAYKOWSKA-HIGGINS, E, WILLETT, M. L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, IL University of Chicago Press 01.07.1997
University of Chicago, acting through its Press
Subjects
Descriptive studies and applied theories
Languages
Linguistics
Phonology
Phonology
Morphology
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Summary:Czaykowska-Higgins and Willett provide a series of arguments which suggest that maximal size and shape of the syllable in Nxa?amxcin is of the form of CVC and that in a word like Nxa?amxcin scilksq't only a portion fits into the maximal syllable.
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ISSN:0020-7071
1545-7001
DOI:10.1086/466337