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Re: Group Conlang: affix morphology

From:Mathias M. Lassailly <lassailly@...>
Date:Monday, October 12, 1998, 21:17
Pablo wrote :

> >We have two affix systems so far: > > > >System A: case_tag + root + screeve_tag > >System B: gender_tag + root + case_tag > > > > I vote for system A (maybe with modifications, I'll think of it). > > >Screeve = a combination of aspect, tense, gender or whatever > >besides case. (We should borrow the word into our language!) > > > >We're voting to decide which one we choose. > > > > > >No matter the result, some ideas have been proposed in general. > >(Ignore my made-up examples). > > > >It seems we want to have: > > > >prefixes: CV- or V- > >suffixes: -VC or -V > > > >I see (C)VC- for prefixes could be messy, for it could violate > >our phonetical constraints (no syllable-final stops, for example). > >But then again, (C)V- if the root begins with a vowel is messy > >too. > > > >For this, we have two alternatives: > > > >1. Use (C)V- and add a semivowel glide when a vowel follows. > >Example: pe- + ak- = pejak-; o- + ak- = owak- > > > >2. Use (C)VC- and change the last -C- when a consonant follows. > >Example: ut- + pop- = uspop-; ik- + pop- = ikhpop- > >(i. e. change stop > fricative) > > > >Although also, > > > >3. Use both systems according to the affix. > > >
1. please : I use intervocalic -y- and -w- in my own languages exactly that way :-)
> > >I'm in for 3. Let's try not to create troublesome affixes; but > >let's leave ourselves some room for doing it if we want to. > > > > > >The same goes for postposed affixes, except that -CV(C) should > >not be allowed (we don't want to change the root, right?).
Yes.
> > > >But both -V and -VC should be allowed, provided -C complies with > >the syllable-final constraint. > > >
?
> > >Do we agree or disagree on these points? > > > > > >--Pablo Flores > > > >
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