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Re: Self-segregating morphology again - in simpler terms, with list of methods

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 18, 2006, 0:45
Jim Henry wrote:

> Maybe it would make sense to collect a list of methods > for self-segregation. I'm thinking about this a lot lately > because I want my next conlang to have such a feature.
Jaghri marks the end of a word component by an open syllable. So all word components are of the form V, CV, CVCCV, CVCCVCCV, and so on. A syllable consisting of a single vowel without a consonant marks the end of a word and specifies its role in the syntax. panngajriiyidraghiatilkuriutimbiibalriingurpai: panngajrii: panngajri - i yidraghia: yidra - ghi - a tilkuriu: tilku - ri - u timbii: timbi - i balrii: balri - i ngurpai: ngurpa - i But Jaghri isn't entirely self-segregating, since some word components are formed of shorter morphemes joined together: pertikra (bluebird): per- + tikra kagvifta (drumstick): kag- + vifta milticni (thirty): milti + -cni vilnimpa (lemon): vilni + -mpa There's no way of knowing whether pertikra is per- + tikra or perti + -kra without looking it up. This could be fixed by placing a stress on the first syllable of a two-syllable morpheme: pertíkra, kagvífta, mílticni, vílnimpa, or on the second syllable: pertikrá, kagviftá, miltícni, vilnímpa.