Re: CHAT: query: where to start?

"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> So, it's not so much that manner
> of articulation *is* the affix as, diachronically, the different morphemes were
> once disambiguated in some other way.
Diachronically, yes.  But, synchronically, it is an affix, a special
kind called a *superfix*.  I don't have the reference with me right now,
but there's a language I read about where personal inflections are
indicated by a combination of tone and nasalization on the vowel of the
root, so something like:
kú = I go
ku~ = You go
kú~ = He/she/it goes

Or something like that, I don't remember the exact details.

So, for Tim's question, yes, not only is it plausible, but similar
things happen in other langs.

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