tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 16 03:49:06 1995
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
tlh-H morphology question
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: tlh-H morphology question
- Date: Tue, 16 May 95 8:59:19 METDST
- Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
jabbI'IDwI' yIlaD
If I'm not mistaken (tell me if I am!) Klingon morphology
can be described by the following formalism:
Let C be any consonant, C1 any consonant except <w>,
C2 any consonant except <w, y, '> and Cl be {<rgh, y'>}.
Let V be any vowel (monophtongs AND diphtongs), V0 be
{<a, e, I>}, V1 be {<a, e, I, o, u>} and V2 = V\V1.
Then the possible syllables are:
I) C-V1 IV) C-V1-Cl
II) C-V1-C1 V) C-V0-w'
III) C-V0-w
which seems to be how most of you conceive it, or
A) C-V C) C-V-'
B) C-V-C2 D) C-V1-rgh
which is what I prefer, because it recognises
diphtongs as vowels like MO did in TKD. Under
this second scheme there are however no C-clusters
except <rgh> because V1<w'> and V1<y'> are analysed
as V2<'>.
Now my question(s): which scheme do you prefer
and for what reasons?
Marc Dochlangan
--
----------------------------------------------------
Marc Ruehlaender [email protected]
Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany
----------------------------------------------------