Biblical Hebrew Forum

[decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca (Vincent DeCaen)]

dear Henry,

did a preliminary survey, and i found some interesting (very rough)
results.

(1) /minminka/ MIM.E^K.F in major pause only (verse-final and half-verse),
all others MIM.:KF^

(2) verb + /i-n-ka/ E^K.F both major **and** minor pause, apparently :KF^
in context; ie, patterns with /i-ka/ E^KF vs :KF^

if so, a strikingly odd result! after all, the phonological strings are
the same. how can pause be sensitive to morphological factors?

and what is the factor? analogy? with what?  or maybe the semantic weight
of the /n/? lexical vs grammatical?

what do you think?
V-- 
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Dr Vincent DeCaen     <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca>
c/o Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, 4 Bancroft Ave., 2d floor
University of Toronto, Toronto ON, CANADA, M5S 1A1

Hebrew Syntax Encoding Initiative, www.chass.utoronto.ca/~decaen/hsei/
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
The purpose of birth is learning. --Abraham Abulafia, Mafteah ha-Tokhahot