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Halle Handout From 2013 "Morris at 90" Talk
Halle Handout From 2013 "Morris at 90" Talk
Morris Halle
September 21, 2013
( 1) Verb
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VSt Theme Perf Fut Agr (lPl)
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port a: V e r l mus
( 2) 0 U e i a I
Back + + - - + +
Round + + -
High - + -· + - +
( 3)
lPl port-a:-mus 'carry', doc-e:-mus 'teach' aud-i:-mus 'hear'
cap-i-mus 'take' vert-i-mus 'turn'
(8)a. lSg >>> /o:/ 2Sg >>> /s/ 3Sg >>> /t/
lPl >>> /mus/ 2Pl >>> /tis/ 3Pl >>> /nt/
( 9)
a. Insert /e:/ in env. [+High] + [uFut]
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Theme
b. Examples:
[-Fut l [+Fut]
aud-i-e:-b-a:-mus aud-i-e:-mus
cap-i-e:-b-a:-mus cap-i-e:-mus
vert-I-e:-b-a:-mus >>> vert-I-e:-mus >>>
vert-e: b-a:-mus (rule (4a)) vert-e:=mus (rule (4a))
( 10)
a. [-Fut] >>> /a:/
c. Examples
[-Fut]
port-a:-b-a:-mus de:1-e:-b-a:-mus
aud-i-e:-b-a:-mus cap-i-e:-b-a:-mus
vert-I-e:-b-a:-mus >>> vert-e:-b-a:-mus (rule (4a)
[+Fut]
port-a:-b-I-mus >> de:l-e:-b-I-mus >>> de:1-e:-b-i-mus
port-a:-b-i-mus
aud-i-e:-mus cap-i-e:-mus vert-I-e:-mus >> vert-e:-mus
(11)
a. Insert /s/ in env. Perf + [cxFut] (List)
Insert /b/ in env. + [cxFut] (List)
b. Examples.
Present [-Fut] [+Fut]
port-a:-mus port-a:-v-e-r-a:-mus port-a:-v-e-r-i-mus
port-a: -b-a:-mus port-a:-b-i-mus
aud-i:-mus aud-i:-v-e-r-a:-mus aud-i:-v-e-r-i-mus
aud-i-e:-b-a:-mus aud-i-e:-mus
cap-i-mus cap-i-e:-b-a:-mus cap-i-e:-mus
vert-i-mus <<< vert-e:-b-a:-mus <<< vert-e:-mus <<<
vert-I-mus vert-I-e:-b-a:-mus vert-I-e:-mus
Vll .
VbStem Theme [+Fut] Agr
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aud l; e: mus aud-i-e:-mus
Phonology
(4a) Delete the Theme vowel in pre-vocalic position
(4b) Front [-Round,+High] vowels
" ... that you (Sg) could have been exiled to Siberia"
(20)
(that you) # coul-d # have - 0 # bee-n # exile -d
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can Past have - Inf be-PerfPrt exile-PassPrt
(21)
(that you) Past can Inf have PerfPart be PassPart exile
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T/Agr Modal Perfect Passive MainVerb