Examples:
(See Comments
for key to special characters used.) |
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a. Metathesis occurs when two consonants end
up being adjacent as the result of vowel loss. According to Wolff
(1972), this occurs with sequences of a liquid or /s/ and a consonant.
Note though that in the data given, nasals are also involved.
| sul'ud |
'enter' |
+ |
-un |
---> |
s'udlun |
'enter it' |
| ?in'um |
'drink' |
+ |
-a |
---> |
?'imna |
'drink it' |
| put'us |
'wrap' |
+ |
-un |
---> |
p'ustun |
'wrap it' |
b. In affixed forms, The /?C and /hC/ almost
always become [C?] and [Ch] (Wolff 1972:xii).
| /luh'ud/ |
'kneel' |
+ |
-an |
---> |
ludhan |
'kneel on' |
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Conditions: |
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a. Metathesis is conditioned by the loss of the vowel in the stem-final
syllable triggered by suffixation (see
related processes
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Motivation: |
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No information currently available. |
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Related processes: |
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a. Vowel loss: When a suffix is added to a root with a stressed final syllable,
the final vowel of the root drops.
| dak'up |
'arrest' |
+ |
-an |
---> |
d'akpan |
'be arrested' |
| pis'ik |
'splash' |
+ |
-an |
---> |
p'iskan |
'be splashed' |
This occasionally happens to roots with stressed penults.
| kal'imut |
'forget' |
+ |
-i |
---> |
kal'imti |
'forget it' |
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Comments: |
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Special Symbols:
? = glottal stop
' = stress marker ('V = stressed vowel)
See similar metatheses in the related language Tagalog.
Last updated: 10/04/2002
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References: |
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Bunye, Maria Victoria R. & Elsa Paula Yap. 1971. Cebuano Grammar
Notes. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu.
Wolff, John U. 1972. A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan. Cornell
University, Southeast Asia Program and Linguistic Society of the Philippines:
New York.
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