Re: THEORY: Could Vowel Harmony be a Universal?
| From: | Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 19, 2000, 17:53 |
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:34:59 CST, Daniel A. Wier <dawier@...> wrote:
>Russian:
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>moja sestra, moji sestri, mojam sestram, mojah sestrah;
>moë [majO] mjaso, moja mjasa
>ocov [atsOf] synov [y = bI], ocoju synoju
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NSg: moja sestra [majá s'estrá] 'my sister'
GSg: mojej sestry [majéj s'estrý]
NPl: moi sëstry [ma(j)í s'óstry]
DPl: moim sëstram [ma(j)ím s'óstr@m]
LPl: moix sëstrax [ma(j)íx s'óstr@x]
GPl: moix sestër [ma(j)íx s'est'ór]
'Mojam', 'mojah' do not exist.
NSg: moë mjaso [majó m'ás@] 'my meat'
What is 'moja mjasa'?
GSg: moego mjasa [m@jevó m'ás@]
'Synov' is an obsolete form. Normal GPl is synovej [synav'éj] 'of the sons'.
Ocoju, synoju - can't identify these forms.
>Again, rhyme. Not vowel harmony within a word, but in a NA (or AN) pair.
>Exceptions exist, of course.
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Not so much of a rhyme, on the Russia side... :)
Basilius