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  • From: decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca (Vincent DeCaen)
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Cc: jrevell1 AT compuserve.com
  • Subject: BH reflexes of /-inka/, Henry
  • Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:15:24 -0400 (EDT)


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--
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  • BH reflexes of /-inka/, Henry, Vincent DeCaen, 04/11/2001

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