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Shipibo, a Panoan language spoken in Amazonian Peru, has a set of 31 monosyllabic forms, representing mostly body parts, which are phonologically attached to the front of verbs, adjectives and nouns. For most of these morphemes, noun roots designating body parts exist which are semantically similar and whose initial segments are the same. Consequently, previous scholars have analyzed these prefixed forms as allomorphs of or otherwise synchronically derived from the noun roots. The present paper will present evidence demonstrating that Shipibo-Konibo body-part morphemes are independent prefixes and best analyzed as not being synchronically derived from body-part nouns. Furthermore, although body-part prefixation is quite productive in Shipibo, many lexicalized prefixed stems exist, which have undergone semantic and/or phonological changes. Therefore, a second goal of this paper is to provide a more accurate description of the grammar of Shipibo prefixation by identifying lexicalized stems and treating them separately. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Yurok,an endangered Algic language of northwest California,has a series of glottalized sonorants which contrast with plain nonglottalized sonorants.Glottalized sonorants have interesting phonological properties which distinguish them from other segment types in Yurok,including a restriction to postvocalic environments and fission under syllabification.In this paper,I analyze sound patterns involving Yurok glottalized sonorants and discuss their implications for phonological theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Comments on the article about the phonemic status of In Tiriyo, a Cariban language of Brazil and Surinam. Conclusion that positing /h/ as an independent phoneme in the language is not the best analysis; Analysis of the In Tiriyo language as a contrastive phoneme which is systematically restricted to syllable-final position.

Analyzes the rhythmic stress pattern found in the Tiriyo, a Cariban language. Syllable weight and disturbances of the rhythmic stress pattern; Syllables; Historical explanation for underlying syllable weight; Bisyllabic words; Metrical stress theory.

Analyzes the syllable structure of Nxa?amxcin (Moses Columbia Salish) language. Hypotheses associated with Salish languages; Theoretical assumption linked to the syllable structure of Nxa.

Addresses the reduction of the final syllable of verb stems in five Cariban languages. Summary of the phenomenon of Cariban syllable reduction; Comparative analysis of synchronic syncope; Consideration of synchronic consonant cluster simplification patterns; Analysis of the evolution of compensatory lengthening; Examples of stages.

The article focuses on the usefulness of dictionary syllabication for teachers while giving instructions to students on reading and spelling. A few experts in phonics and linguistics believes that teaching of dictionary rules of syllabication is unreliable and useless. Many spelling instructors used the dictionary syllabication to teach reading. According to the author, only Kenneth Goodman and Paul McKee, writers on phonics, have rejected the idea of dictionary syllabication.

The article discusses the approach to teaching syllabication in reading and spelling. The syllabication technique was used in an inventory of the initial, medial and final syllables of all polysyllabic words. Moreover, a spelling diagnosis are given to a group of children to assess if they spell correctly the syllables.

Discusses ways on how to teach syllabication. Resources that provide exercises on the use of syllabication including basal and independent workbooks; Rules of syllabication including consonants, prefix and suffix; Use of syllabication as an aid in word analysis; Use of syllabication principles when sounding out an unknown word.