1 ICHL 22, Naples Diachronic morphophonology workshop: lexical accent systems The development of lexical stress in initial three-syllable windows in Tarahumara-Guarijío (Uto-Aztecan) Gabriela Caballero gcaballero@ucsd.edu University of California, San Diego July 31 st , 2015 1. Introduction. (1) Metrical windows: systems where (phonologically or lexically determined) primary prominence falls within a two- or three-syllable margin of the edge of a domain (Everett 1988, Green & Kenstowicz 1995, Kager 2012, inter alia). (2) A typology of metrical windows: an asymmetry? Right edge Left edge 2 syllables Modern Hebrew, Ese Ejja (Tacanan), Cebuano (Austronesian), Yapese (Austronesian) Seoul Korean, Hopi (Uto-Aztecan), Dakota (Siouan), Korafe (Trans New-Guinea), 3 syllables Latin, Spanish, Pirahã (Muran), Modern Greek, Macedonian, I. Quechua, Zoque (Mixe-Zoquean) Unattested? (Hayes 1980, Gordon 2002, 2011, 2014) Attested but extremely rare: Kager 1993, 2012 (3) Lexical accent on initial three-syllable windows complicates their formal analysis in certain frameworks (e.g., ban on initial lapses or binary feet + extrametricality) (Kager 2012, Martínez-Paricio 2013). How do these systems develop diachronically? Does their development explain their typological rarity? (4) Tarahumara (Rarámuri) and Guarijío (Uto-Aztecan; Mexico) possess complex word prosodic systems featuring: a. Lexical stress-accent + complex morphological conditioning (similar to Cupeño (Hill & Hill 1968, Hill 2005, Crowhurtst 1994, Alderete 2001, inter alia). b. An overarching phonological restriction: initial three-syllable metrical windows Choguita and Uruachi, Chihuahua, Mexico Sierra Madre Occidental [Map by Andrés Aguilar, UCSD] Google 2011 - DigitalGlobe