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SUMMARY:Morphophonological issues in the development of Huave language rev
 italisation materials - Dr. Yuni Kim (University of Essex)
DTSTART:20211028T153000Z
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CONTACT:Javier Moreno
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will discuss some morphophonological problems t
 hat arise in the context of orthography development for the San Francisco 
 del Mar variety of Huave\, a language isolate of southern Mexico. There ar
 e only a few fluent native speakers still living\, so currently we are cre
 ating pedagogical materials for L2 learners\, who are L1 speakers of the r
 egional Spanish. Within morphological paradigms\, Huave has rampant phonol
 ogically conditioned alternations that create different realisations of wh
 at is lexically the same root. We have generally opted for transparent spe
 llings at the expense of linguistic generalisation. The result usually mir
 rors Kiparsky's (2018) "l-phonemic" level\, the output of the lexical phon
 ology\, while also being compatible with Word-and-Paradigm approaches to m
 orphology. Nevertheless\, I show one place where orthographic abstraction 
 can help lexical learning while also aiding pronunciation\, thanks to L1 S
 panish phonology. On the other hand\, there are some contexts where it may
  be appropriate to represent gradient and/or variable phonetic processes. 
 Overall\, I aim to show how theory can help identify\, systematise\, and f
 rame the available choices\, even if many decisions are ultimately made on
  practical\, learner-specific\, and/or extralinguistic grounds.\n\nRegistr
 ations will close on October 28th at 12pm. Direct link: https://cam-ac-uk.
 zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvdOysqTwjGdUcXMCelqJOBr_D4sZdUzFM
LOCATION:Online - Registration link https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi
 ster/tJMvdOysqTwjGdUcXMCelqJOBr_D4sZdUzFM
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