Uakci: spell the how mandatory /dʑɪa/ as such

2023-12-04T10:15:22Z

spell the how mandatory /dʑɪa/ as such

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	In the [[Prefix Reform]], prefixes are pronounced in a mid-level tone [˧] preceding the stress and tone-contour of the word they're attached to.		In the [[Prefix Reform]], prefixes are pronounced in a mid-level tone [˧] preceding the stress and tone-contour of the word they're attached to.

	We can reanalyze this as a fifth ''toneme'' {{Tone\|1}} — a mid-flat tone that avoids stress and nullifies vowel length: {{t\|jıa}} /ˈdʑiːa˥˩/ versus {{t\|jīa}} /~~dʑia˧~~/.		We can reanalyze this as a fifth ''toneme'' {{Tone\|1}} — a mid-flat tone that avoids stress and nullifies vowel length: {{t\|jıa}} /ˈdʑiːa˥˩/ versus {{t\|jīa}} /dʑɪa˧/.

	This suggests a new way of writing prefixed words that makes prefixes more like [[clitic]]s: instead of {{t\|puchumtào}}, we write {{t\|pū chūm tao}}, still pronounced [pʊ˧ t͡ɕʊm˧ ˈtaːw˥˩].		This suggests a new way of writing prefixed words that makes prefixes more like [[clitic]]s: instead of {{t\|puchumtào}}, we write {{t\|pū chūm tao}}, still pronounced [pʊ˧ t͡ɕʊm˧ ˈtaːw˥˩].

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2023-11-21T21:07:11Z

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In the [[Prefix Reform]], prefixes are pronounced in a mid-level tone [˧] preceding the stress and tone-contour of the word they're attached to.

We can reanalyze this as a fifth ''toneme'' {{Tone|1}} — a mid-flat tone that avoids stress and nullifies vowel length: {{t|jıa}} /ˈdʑiːa˥˩/ versus {{t|jīa}} /dʑia˧/.

This suggests a new way of writing prefixed words that makes prefixes more like [[clitic]]s: instead of {{t|puchumtào}}, we write {{t|pū chūm tao}}, still pronounced [pʊ˧ t͡ɕʊm˧ ˈtaːw˥˩].

Some parts of speech "conjugate into" this toneme nicely, i.e. {{t|pu}} means the same as {{t|pū}} but has slightly different grammar. For other parts of speech, what was previously "prefixes existing in a different lexical space from roots" now corresponds to {{Tone|1}} simply being a lexical tone: {{t|ge}} "stimulus" is unrelated to diminutive marker {{t|gē}}.

We may look at the neat symmetry in which [[focus marker]]s behave when alternated between their inherent {{done|2}} and this new {{tone|1}}:

{|
| {{t|luı}} || {{t|do}} || {{t|jí}} || {{t|súq}} || {{green|{{t|kú}}}} || {{green|{{t|tú}}}} || {{green|{{t|maoja}}}}
|-
| colspan=7 | ‘I have given you {{green|''all the apples''}}.’
|-
| {{t|luı}} || {{t|do}} || {{t|jí}} || {{t|súq}} || {{orange|{{t|kū}}}} || {{orange|{{t|tú}}}} || {{t|maoja}}
|-
| colspan=7 | ‘I have given you {{orange|''all''}} the apples.’
|}

Prefix toneme - Revision history

Uakci: spell the how mandatory /dʑɪa/ as such

Laqme: Initial article