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Examples: |
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Before a vowel ('ly' = [j]):
| terh-ek |
'load-PL' |
| pelyh-ek |
'fluff-PL' |
| kelyh-ek |
'chalice-PL' |
Word-finally: It is assumed that the stem-final vowel in these
next two sets
of forms is epenthetic. See
Related processes
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| teher |
'load' |
| pehely |
'fluff' |
| kehely |
'chalice' |
Before a consonant:
| teher-nek |
'load-DAT' |
| pehely-nek |
'fluff-DAT' |
| kehely-nek |
'chalice-DAT' |
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Conditions: |
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Metathesis only occurs when the sounds involved are /h/ and a liquid. |
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Motivation: |
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In progress. |
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Related processes: |
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In some verbal and nominal stems, a short vowel is epenthesized word finally
and before consonant-initial suffixes. No epenthesis is observed before
vowel-initial suffixes. One could then assume that the final vowel of the
stems which undergo metathesis is epenthesized.
| bokor |
'shrub' |
| bokor-ban |
'shrub-Inessive' |
| bokr-ok |
'shrub-PL' |
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Comments: |
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Last updated: 3/18/2002 |
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References: |
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Vago, Robert M. 1980. The Sound Pattern of Hungarian. Georgetown
University Press: Washington, D. C.
Kenesei, Istva!n, Vago Robert M. & Anna Fenyvesi. 1998. Hungarian.
Routledge: London and New York.
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