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(45) a. I( I( I( I( (= (= (= (= C=(J= C=(J= C=(J= C=(J=
2SG be INF-go to-on:QUEST
‘Where are you going?’
b. =BA =BA =BA =BA ( ( ( ( A A A A I( I( I( I( =(J= =(J= =(J= =(J=
coffee of 3SG be at-on:QUEST
‘Where is his/her coffee?’
Second, the demonstrative =(I( =(I( =(I( =(I( ‘this’ can take the suffixes A A A A or to mark
deixis, e.g. =(I( =(I(A =(I( =(I( A A A ~ =(IA( =(IA(A =(IA( A A A ‘this’ or =(I( =(I( =(I( =(I( ‘that’. The meaning can be temporal or
locational depending on the context. Similarly, the manner adverb =J= =J= ‘in this manner’
can take these two suffixes, e.g. =J= =J=A =J= A A A ‘like this’, and =J= =J= =J= =J= ‘like that’.
forms:
Finally, the reflexive marker J( J( J( J( is prefixed to a pronoun to give the following
(46) J( J( J( J( ‘myself’
J( J( J( J( ‘yourself’
JA(A JA(A JA(A JA(A ‘himself/herself’
J=(= J=(= J=(= J=(= ‘ourselves (excl.)’
J=(=( J=(=( J=(=( J=(=( ‘ourselves (incl.)’
JA(A JA(A JA(A JA(A ‘yourselves’
JA(A@A JA(A@A JA(A@A JA(A@A ‘themselves’
7.2 Phonological processes which cross morpheme or word boundaries
In this section, I discuss phonological alternations which can occur across
morpheme or word boundaries. These include leftward vowel spreading, vowel hiatus
resolution, glide formation, and raising of a.
7.2.1 Leftward vowel spreading
Leftward vowel spreading (LVS) was introduced in Section 6.1, where it occurred
in monomorphemic environments in which or = was inserted as a result of subminimal
root augmentation (SRA). LVS is also attested across morphological and clitic
boundaries. If a morpheme with a schwa as the nucleus of the final syllable is followed
by a morpheme with a non-low vowel in the initial syllable, the schwa optionally takes on
the quality of the following vowel. The morpheme following the schwa must begin with a
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