Re: Self-Segregating Morphologies

On Mon, 13 May 2002 22:29:06 -0400, Jeffrey Henning <Jeffrey@...>
wrote:

>Mike S. <mcslason@...> comunu:
>
>>D. Vorlin Approach - Roots take form CV[CV]C, where [CV] can be
>>repeated zero or more times.  Not perfectly self-segregating as
>>implemented, but a good start; could be made self-segregating with a
>>little tweaking.
>
>Actually, that's not Vorlin -- that's the original Dublex approach.  I
>independently invented that system myself (others may also have come up
with
>it) -- it is decidedly simple but works for Dublex.  I specifically
designed
>the phonology so that any consonant can be used initially, medially and
>finally.  The valid morphemes (for roots) are:
>
>CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) 'muh' /moosh/, "rodent"
>CVCC 'sist' /seest/, "system"
>CVCVC 'catoh' /kah-TOSH/, "cat"
>CVCVCC 'malact' /mah-LAHKT/, "milk"
>CVCVCVC 'hocolat' /shoh-koh-LAHT/, "chocolate"
>(see http://www.langmaker.com/dublexicondesign.htm )
>
>Rick Harrison had a more sophisticated approach with Vorlin.  Quoting from
>http://www.rick.harrison.net/vornet/vorlin1999.html:
>"All nouns have the form IVF, IVMVF, IVMVMVF, IVMVMVMVF, etc.
>    I (initial) = b, c, d, f, g, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, y, z
>    M (medial) = b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, z
>    F (final) = b, c, d, f, g, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, z, µ
>"As a general rule, 3-letter nouns refer to broad, generic concepts and
>high-frequency ideas; longer nouns refer to less frequent items and very
>specific concepts such as particular substances and phenomena.
>"Polysyllabic nouns cannot end with VC (vowel-consonant) combinations that
>are reserved for use as derivational suffixes.
>"The constraints listed above do not apply to "proper nouns" such as the
>names of cultures and individual humans. The names of the letters j, w, x,
y
>also deviate from the rules.
>"Morphemes that are not nouns can have different phonetic shapes. Suffixes
>may have forms such as V, VC, VCC, and SVC (where S = semivowel w or y).
>Function-words such as conjunctions and special particles may have forms
>like CV, CSV, CVV, or CVhV. "
>
>Best regards,
>
>Jeffrey
>http://jeffrey.henning.com
>http://www.langmaker.com
The core idea of both Vorlin's morphology and Duplex's was captured
in my description.  In order to state the gist succinctly, I did
neglect a few details.  It is unclear to me who was first to conceive
the basic idea, but apologies for not mentioning your system.

Respectfully,

---   Mike