Re: Self-segregating Semitic Morphology

Jim Henry wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Logan Kearsley <chronosurfer@...> wrote:
>> Thought 1- building vocabulary based on consonantal roots allows for a
>> large and powerful derivational system without having to resort to
>> long strings of agglutinating affixes.
>> Thought 2- self-segregating morphology is kinda cool.
>>
>> It would be neat if these two ideas could be combined. Unfortunately,
>
> I see a couple of obvious ways to do it.
[snip]

...and a third method might be along the lines John Cowan outlined for
xuxuxi:

{quote}
xuxuxi uses vowel harmony/disharmony to resolve the problem.
All multi-syllable words are stressed on the first syllable,
and then the other syllables of the word, except the last,
have vowel harmony.  The last syllable of the word has disharmony.
Any remaining syllables before the next stressed syllable are
monosyllabic.

Here's the harmony/disharmony table:

first           medial          last
a               a, e, o         i, u
e               a, e, i         o, u
i               a, e, i         o, u
o               a, o, u         i, e
u               a, o, u         i, e

So a in the first syllable triggers height harmony, and all other vowels
trigger front/back harmony.
{/quote}

See:
http://archives.conlang.info/fhe/quachin/dhirwulqoen.html

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