jeff_l
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7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 345
For -vPvC-: acted 'bite', afal 'leave, go from', avas [ae'vas] '(insect) bite',
ahad [ae'haed] 'swear', ahar [ae'haer] 'shut', ajar [a'jaer] 'throw', and awal
'turn'.
7.3.1.2 Heavy C-final short-V -Cv(C)CvC-, -CvCvCCvC-, etc...
Under this rubric I consider stems with Imprt shapes like the following (v =
short vowel): bisyllabic -Cv(C)CvC- with three C-positions; trisyllabic
-Cv(C)CvCCvC- with four C-positions; and the infrequent quadrisyllable
-CvCvCCv(C)CvC- with five C-positions. All of these are heavy verbs. Those
with three C-positions are more specifically middleweight, and those with
four or more C-positions are superheavy (§3.4.1.4).
The first and last C-positions in the Imprt in the verbs considered here are
filled by single C's. In my lexicographic data, it appears that in superheavy
stems the third C-position must be a cluster. Since few verbs with five
C-positions are attested, there may be an accidental gap regarding C versus CC
in the second C-position.
Superheavy stems may be full or partial reduplications, and may have an
internal geminate, but internal structure is irrelevant to MAN stem formation
and inflection.
Representative paradigm schemas are given in (349), again using Ρ to
index the stem-initial C, in order to make gemination and syncope effects
transparent. Note that except for the Resit of -Cv(C)CvC- verbs, the
underlying marked grammatical accents of the Resit and LoImpfP are in the
third or fourth syllable from the right and are therefore overridden (or made
redundant) by Default Accentuation.
(349) Paradigm Schemas
middleweight superheavy
-PvCvC- -PvCvCCvC- -PvCCvCCvC-
a. perfective system
PerfP -aPPaCaeC- -aePCaeCCaeC- -aPPaCCaeCCaeC-
Reslt -aPPiCaeC- -aPlCaCCaeC- -aPPICCaeCCaeC-
[Rslt forms dialectally with initial ae]
PerfN -aPPaCaeC- -«PCaeCCaeC- -aPPaCCaeCCasC-
b. short imperfective system
ShlmpfP -aePPaeCaeC- -aPCaCCaC- -aePPsCCaeCCaeC-
Imprt PaeCaeC PaCaCCaC PseCCaeCCaeC
