The Navajo Sound System

Preface. 1: Introduction. 1.0. The Navajo Sound System. 1.1. The Navajo Inventory. 1.2. Vowels. 1.3. Phonotactics and Phonemes. 1.4. The Young and Morgan Grammars. 1.5. The Conventions Used in the Book. 1.6. Methods and Data Sets. 1.7. Outline of the Book. 2: Morphology. 2.0. Introduction. 2.1. Athabaskan Word Structure. 2.2. The Position Class Template. 2.3. The Athabaskan Verb. 2.4. The Disjunct Domain. 2.5. The Conjunct or Auxillary Domain. 2.6. The Verb Domain. 2.7. Athabaskan Terminology. 2.8. Summary. 3: Phonology. 3.0. Introduction. 3.1. Phonotactics. 3.2. Syllable Structure. 3.3. Consonant Harmony. 3.4. Fricative and Glide Reflexes. 3.5. Conjunct Alternations. 3.6. Boundary Effects. 3.7. Metathesis of J-. 3.8. Conclusion. 4: Duration and Timing. 4.0. Introduction. 4.1. Domain Durations. 4.2. Duration Patterns in the Stems. 4.3. Conjunct and Disjunct Durations. 4.4. Vowel Length by Domain. 4.5. Stress in the Verb. 4.6. Overview of Duration Factors in the Navajo Verb. 5: Spectral Analyses. 5.0. Introduction. 5.1. Navajo Vowels. 5.2. The Fricative Contrasts. 5.3. The Back Fricative. 5.4. Summary of Fricatives. 6: How to Use Young and Morgan's The Navajo Language. 6.0. Introduction. 6.1. The Young and Morgan Grammars. 6.2. The Grammar. 6.3. The Appendixes. 6.4. The Dictionary. 6.5. Summary. 7: Conclusion. 7.0. The Navajo Sound System. Appendix A: Navajo Wordlists. Wordlist 1: Phonemic Contrasts. Wordlist 2: Tone Contrasts. Wordlist 3: Pre-stem Complex. Bibliography. Index of Subjects.