Metrically-conditioned syncope in Strict CV metrics

Abstract

The Strict CV metrics approach (Scheer & Szigetvári 2005, Ulfsbjorninn 2014) claims that once empty V-slots are factored in, moras are unnecessary. Instead, a grid-based analytic tool of Incorporation has been proposed and used in past analyses (Faust & Ulfsbjorninn 2019, Ulfsbjorninn 2014, 2021). In this paper, the theory is applied for the first time to the phenomenon of metrically-conditioned syncope, based on data from Mojeño Trinitario (Rose 2019). The analysis is compared to the moraic account proposed by Rose. The framework is then showed to be insightfully applicable to another language with similar patterns, namely Tonkawa (Gouskova 2003, 2007).