6.6.
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The Sentence |
6.6.0.
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A sentence is a chunk of speech, a minimal constitute in normal
discourse which is built up of atleast one independent or
main clause (with or without a dependent or subordinate clause). A
subordinate clause is not a constitute, but a constituent in a
larger unit.
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6.6.0.1.
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The sentence is typically,
though not invariably, marked
morphologically in Mao by
the sentence-final e.
This sentence -marker undergoes
the following morphophonemic
rules in its interaction with
its vocalic environment, with
the vowel that ends the word
that precedes it.
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deletion |
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identical
vowel |
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le
+ e ą
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le |
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fut. |
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ai1
ta2
le3 |
I1
will3
go2
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pe
+ e ą
pe |
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speak,
say |
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pfo-no
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pe2
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he1
said2
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u
+ e ą
e (liquids/fric-) |
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eg.
s* + e ą
se |
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hihi1
iniu2
- o3
-ko0
-se4 |
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this1
(is) only4
(a) small3
village2
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2.
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Synaeresis or diphthongization. This rule subclassifies into (i)
rising diphthongization and (ii) falling diphthongization
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(i) |
Rising
Diphthongization |
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nonidentical
front vowel + e
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ą
Ve (rising
diphthong) |
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eg.
pi + e ą
pie |
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give |
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as in |
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pfo-no1
ayi2
larübvü3
pie4
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he1
gave4
me2
(a) book3 |
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ni
+ e ą
nie |
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as in |
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42 |
ai-no1
pfo-yi 2
nie3
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I1
saw3
her2
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Falling
diphthongization |
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a
nonfront vowel +
e |
ą
Ve (falling diphthong) |
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egs.
vu + e
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vue |
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come |
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a1
na pfoo2
vu-e3
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my1
son2
came3 |
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hrü
+ e ą
hrüe |
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buy |
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ai-no1
okho2
hrü-e3
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I1
bought3
fish2
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ta
+ e ą
tae |
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45. |
pfo-no1
idu2
ta-e3
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he1
went away3
yesterday2
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da
+ e ą
da-e |
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46. |
ahie1
ni-yi2
da-e3
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who1
beat3
you (sg.)2
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mo
+ e ą
mo-e |
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mo-e
no |
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3.
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diaresis and deletion.
V symbolizes a syllabic i.e.,
nondiphthongized vowel
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+ e ą
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+ e + e ą
kroe |
| ‘get
down’ prog snt |
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+ e + e ą
khrue |
| go
up prog snt |
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steep incline mrkr |
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+ e + e ą
tae |
| go
prog snt |
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as respectively in
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48.
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kaikho1
kroe2
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Kaikho1
is getting down2
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