Examples:
(See Comments
for key to special characters used.) |
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a. Verbs
| unsuffixed |
suffixed |
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| (CCVC) |
(CVCC) |
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| 2 sg. m. subj. |
2 sg. f. subj. |
3 pl. |
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| tu'-drus |
tu'-durs-i |
yu'-durs-u |
‘study’ |
| ti'-lbis |
ti'-libs |
yi'-libs-u |
‘ wear’ |
b. Nouns
| fi'lfil |
‘pepper’ |
fi'lifl-i |
‘my pepper’ |
| mi'SmiS |
‘apricots’ |
mi'SimS-u |
‘his apricots’ |
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Conditions: |
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a. Metathesis applies when the root vowel metathesizing with a consonant
is high. When the root vowel is the low vowel /a/, metathesis fails to apply.
| ti'-fham-i |
*ti'-fahm-i |
| ti'-fham-u |
*ti'-fahm-u |
| yi'-fham-u |
*yi'-fahm-u |
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Motivation: |
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No information currently available. |
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Related processes: |
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No information currently available. |
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Comments: |
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Special Symbols:
V' = stressed vowel
S = voiceless alveo-palatal fricative
Last updated: 10/4/2000
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References: |
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Yoshida, Shohei. 1993 Licensing of empty nuclei: The case of Palestinian
vowel harmony. The Linguistic Review 10. 127-159.
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