jeff_l
(Jeff_L)
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60 3 Phonology
(41) VV-Contraction ("V" = any vowel)
input output grammatical context
noun + suffix
a /V + ae/ —» α noun + MaPl suffix /-asn/
/V + e/ —» e noun + FePl suffix /-en/
verb + suffix (or clitic)
b /A + e/ e verb + Hortative suffix or object clitic
/i + e/ —> e II
/A + i/ -> i verb + object clitic
h + y —> i «1
/A + al —> α verb + dative or 1st person object clitic
/i + o/ —> α II
c /a + e/ —» e verb + Hortative suffix or object clitic
/a + i/ —> i verb + object clitic
d /a + ae/ M —> as verb + subject suffix (via short /ae + ae/)
—> e (regular, direct contraction)
/a + s/ —> ae verb + Centripetal clitic
/a + i/ —> i verb + Centripetal or Centrifugal clitic
e /u + ae/ —> u verb + subject suffix
Γι + ae/ i II
f. /i + ae/ —» 3 verb + subject suffix
/A + ae/ —» ae
prefix + verb
g. /a + V/ —» V subject prefix + verb
[valid if subject prefixes are represented as Ca-]
Γι + a/ —» i 3MaSg subject prefix + verb
/i + V/ ->V " [V*a]
It is not possible to reconcile all of the data in a simple VV-Contraction
rule. The most glaring divergence is between /V + as/ —» α in noun plus suffix
combinations (41.a) and the various combinations of vowel plus /as/ in verb
plus suffix combinations (41.d-f). In the verb plus suffix/clitic data, one can
(almost) generalize that when a short (or deletable) V and a full V come
together (in either order) the full V survives intract (except when stem-final
