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Morris Halle
September 21, 2013

( 1) Verb
I \
V "' \
I \ \
I \ \
V" \ \
/\ \ \
I \ \ \
V' \ \ \
I\ \ \ \
I \ \ \ \
VSt Theme Perf Fut Agr (lPl)
I
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'

lSg port-o: doc-e-o: aud-i-o: cap-i-o: vert-o:

(4a) Delete [+Back,-Round] in env. + V

(4b) [+Back] >> [-Back] in env. [__,-Round,+High]

(5) Phonological rules must be applied in a definite order.

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(6) Unmarked [-Fut] [+Fut]

Unmarked port-a:-mus port-a:-b-a:-mus port-a:-b-i-mus
Perf port-a:-v-i-mus port-a:-v-e-r-a:-mus port-a:-v-e-r-
i-mus

(7) VbStem Theme (X - Perf) (Y - [uFut]) Agr

(8)a. lSg >>> /o:/ 2Sg >>> /s/ 3Sg >>> /t/
lPl >>> /mus/ 2Pl >>> /tis/ 3Pl >>> /nt/

b. Examples: (Present Tense forms of the verb /port-a:/ 'carry'

lSg /port-o:/ 2Sg /port-a:-s/ 3Sg /port-a-t/

lPl /port-a:-mus/ 2Pl /port-a:-tis/ 3Pl /port-a-nt/

( 9)
a. Insert /e:/ in env. [+High] + [uFut]
I
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))

No insertion after [-High] Theme vowels

port-a:-b-a:-mus port-a:-b-i-mus
de:1-e:-b-a:-mus de:1-e:-b-i-mus
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( 10)
a. [-Fut] >>> /a:/

b. l . [+Fut l >>> /I/ in env. [-High] + __

ii. [+Fut] is deleted elsewhere

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

( 12) a. [+Fut] >>> /rI/ in env. Perf

>>> /bI/ elsewhere
b. [ Fut] >>> /ra:/ in env. Perf
>>> /ba:/ elsewhere
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Vll .
VbStem Theme [+Fut] Agr
I
aud l; e: mus aud-i-e:-mus

(17) Vocabulary Insertion Rules

(8) Insert exponents of Verb Pers endings
(10) Insert exponents of the [�Fut] morpheme
(9) Insert /e:/ after [+High] Theme
(11) Insert /s/ and /b/ before [�Fut] morpheme

Phonology
(4a) Delete the Theme vowel in pre-vocalic position
(4b) Front [-Round,+High] vowels

(18) dass du nach Sibierien

# verschick-t # word-en # sei- n # konn- te- st

MainVb PassivePart Aux' PerfPart Aux" Inf Mod Past 2Sg

\/ \I \/ \ I
MainVb Passive Perf Modal T/Agr

" ... that you (Sg) could have been exiled to Siberia"

(19) port a: V e r a: mus

\/
Verb Perf [ -Fut l Agr

(20)
(that you) # coul-d # have - 0 # bee-n # exile -d
I
can Past have - Inf be-PerfPrt exile-PassPrt

(21)
(that you) Past can Inf have PerfPart be PassPart exile
\I \I \/
T/Agr Modal Perfect Passive MainVerb