Re: A quick question

In a message dated 05/1/02 5:59:35 AM, faceloran@JUNO.COM writes:

<< For instance, arc- "bear" is pronounced /arx/, but would arca "bear
(nom)" be /arxa/? >>

    There's a non-analogical way to do this: Use level ordering and
cyclicity.  So, in your language, you'd have two morphemes /ark/ "bear" and
/-a/ nominative (p.s.: If the nominative has an ending, does /ark/ ever
appear by itself?).   Here's how level ordering would work with that:
                                /ark/  /-a/
Rule 1: Final plosive spirantization: /arx/  /-a/
Rule 2: Case gets added:            /arxa/
Rule 3: Final plosive spirantization:  --
Surface form:                   [arxa]

    I'd think, though, that this would be quite odd, considering the
nominative has an ending normally.  I assume that /ark/ must appear without
an end vowel for this rule to even be imaginable.  Where does that happen?

-David

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