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9.
Final syllable of the durative aspect marker i.e. v n
is deleted when followed by the past tense marker -chò,
as
®
f / -chò
 pá
+ vn
+ chò
> pávnchò
(he) was sleeping
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10. Present tense forms of the verbs ending in ¡là,
¡là is deleted when proceeded by a negative prefix -n as
là
® f / n
Example
n-ts
-
là > nts
I do not eat
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11. Final syllable of an adjective is deleted before a noun
forming suffix -ù, as
à
® f / - ù
Examples
c  à
‘deep’ > c-ù
deepness or depth
kìà
‘dry’ kì-ù
dryness
12. Final syllable of a noun is deleted before a
noun forming suffix-th
as
rì
® f / th
Example
n hórì
+ th
> nhóth
2.
Deletion of a consonant
1. Final consonant of an adjective mhm
is deleted before a predicative marker -n,
as
m ® f
/ -n
Examples
mhm
> mh-n
good
thrà
c á
mhn
flowers (are) good
flower-plural-good
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Morphology: Noun |
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3.1.
Introduction |
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Morphology deals with the internal structure of words. It
deals with both derivational and inflectional aspects of
words. On the basis of a potential pause a word is defined
as1 "Any
segment of a sentence bounded by successive points at which
pausing is possible". Since, speakers do not in normal
speech pause between words, they will have to be asked to
realize the potential pauses. Semantic definition of a word
is as follows2, "A word may be defined as the union
of a particular meaning with a particular grammatical employment".
Hall3 defines a word as "A separate independent element
of Language and as one which is written with a space before
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3.1.1. Definition of word in Lotha : |
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In
Lotha, a simple word can be defined as one which is pronounced
with a potential pause before and after it. A word must
contain at least one stem which is a free form. A stem
in Lotha can be defined as one which is a free form and
is capable of taking inflectional or derivational affixes.
In Lotha, a stem by itself can be a word. For example,
form like ó
‘brother’ is a
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| 1. |
Hockett, Charles, F. A Course in Modern Linguistics
Indian Edition, Published in 1970, pp-167. |
| 2. |
Lyons, John. Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics
Cambridge University Press, 1969, pp. 200. |
| 3. |
Hall, Robert. A. Jr. Introductory Linguistics. Motilal
Banarasidas, First Indian Edition 1969, pp. 133. |
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