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<h1 class="title">A Yokuts Solution</h1>
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<h2 id="section-a---vowel-length">Section A - Vowel Length</h2>
<p><strong>Vowel Shortening</strong>: [+syll] -> [-long] / __C{C,#}</p>
<p><em>... or, better, given that Yokuts syllables are CVC at their most complex...</em></p>
<p><strong>Vowel Shortening</strong>: [+syll] -> [-long] / __[Coda C]</p>
<h2 id="sections-b-and-c---deletion-or-epenthesis">Sections B and C - Deletion or Epenthesis?</h2>
<h3 id="vowel-deletion">Vowel Deletion</h3>
<p><em>If the UR for aorist passive is /-it/...</em></p>
<p><strong>Vowel Deletion A:</strong> [+syll,-long] -> Ø / VC__CV</p>
<p><strong>Vowel Deletion B:</strong> [+syll,-long] -> Ø / V__</p>
<p><em>or, less elegantly, </em> [+syll,-long] -> Ø / V{C__CV , __}</p>
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<th>UR</th>
<th>/seːnit + al/</th>
<th>UR</th>
<th>/seːnit + al/</th>
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<tr class="odd">
<td>Deletion</td>
<td>se:ntal</td>
<td>Shortening</td>
<td>---</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Shortening</td>
<td>sental</td>
<td>Deletion</td>
<td>se:ntal</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>SR</td>
<td>[sental]</td>
<td>SR</td>
<td>[seːntal]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td></td>
<td>Correct (Feeding)</td>
<td></td>
<td><strong>Incorrect</strong> (Counterfeeding)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><em>... or you could choose to use ...</em></p>
<h3 id="vowel-epenthesis">Vowel Epenthesis</h3>
<p><em>If the UR for aorist passive is /-t/...</em></p>
<p><strong>Epenthesis:</strong> Ø -> [+syll, +high, +front] / C__C{C,#}</p>
<p><em>... or, better, again assuming a CVC syllable structure...</em></p>
<p><strong>Epenthesis:</strong> Ø -> [+syll, +high, +front] / __[unsyllabified C]</p>
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<th>UR</th>
<th>/seːnt + ka/</th>
<th>UR</th>
<th>/seːnt + ka/</th>
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<tr class="odd">
<td>Epenthesis</td>
<td>seːnitka</td>
<td>Shortening</td>
<td>sentka</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Shortening</td>
<td>---</td>
<td>Epenthesis</td>
<td>senitka</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>SR</td>
<td>[seːnitka]</td>
<td>SR</td>
<td>[seːnitka]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td></td>
<td>Correct (Bleeding)</td>
<td></td>
<td><strong>Incorrect</strong> (Counterbleeding)</td>
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</table>
<p><em>Deletion works, but epenthesis is more elegant when involving syllables!</em></p>
<h2 id="section-d---vowel-harmony">Section D - Vowel Harmony</h2>
<p><strong>Vowel Harmony:</strong> [+syll, αhigh] -> [+round] / [+syll, αhigh, +round]C0__</p>
<h2 id="section-e---why-o">Section E - WHY [o]?!?!</h2>
<p><strong>Vowel Lowering:</strong> [+long] -> [-high]</p>
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<th>UR</th>
<th>/moːxl + al/</th>
<th>/moːxl + ka/</th>
<th>/wuːwl + al/</th>
<th>/wuːwl + ka/</th>
</tr>
</thead>
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<td>Epenthesis</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>moːxilka</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>wuːwilka</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Harmony</td>
<td>mːoxlol</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>wuːwulka</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Lowering</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>woːwlal</td>
<td>woːwulka</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Shortening</td>
<td>moxlol</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>wowlal</td>
<td>—</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>SR</td>
<td>[moxlol]</td>
<td>[moːxilka]</td>
<td>[wowlal]</td>
<td>[woːwulka]</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="section-f-multiple-applications">Section F: Multiple Applications</h2>
<p>Aorist: /-hn/</p>
<p>Aorist Passive: /-t/</p>
<p>Comitative: /-mx/</p>
<p>Mediopassive: /-n/</p>
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