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except when the consonants across the
morpheme boundary are phonetically realized as a unique phone. In this case
the syllable boundary is moved a place to the left.
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| Ex :
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(2)
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Within a polysyllabic morpheme
the boundary is determined by the nature of the syllable.
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(a)
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The boundary always precedes a
stop + sonorant cluster or sonorant + sonorant which is an initial occurring
type.
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| Ex :
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(b)
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In all other cases, when two
consonants occur across the syllabic boundary, the boundary is marked
between them
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Ex :
| /thréygvbréyg/ |
`mongoose’ |
| /mąmvbi/ |
`goat’ |
| /gomvsį/ |
`handkerchief’ |
/p mvtņ/
|
`papaya’
|
|
(c)
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If a triconsonantal cluster
occurs at the boundary, the marking of the boundary is governed by the the
nature of the cluster formation.
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(i)
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In C1-C2C3
type clusters, the boundary is marked after C1.
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Ex :
| /lapvtha/ |
`interest’ |
/pįbvgrą/
|
`spider’
|
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(ii).
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In C1C2-C3
type, the boundary is marked before C3
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Ex:
/cyįygvcģ /
|
`pied wagtail’
|
|
(iii)
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If C1C2C3
of the initial occurring type, the boundary falls before C1.
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Ex :
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(iv)
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In the case of ambiguous
cluster,
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i.e., those which may either belong
to C1 -C2C3, or to C1C2-C3 type, the syllabic boundary falls after C1.
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Ex :
| /mamvble/ |
`peas’ |
/rģvkwįg/
|
`rabbit’
|
|
| 1.6.3.
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Syllable Types : |
Mishmi syllables fall under four
types: the classification takes into account, the structure and the
demarcation of the boundary.
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(1) Nucleus type (V) : These
syllables consist of a asimple vowel.
|
| // |
`to be’ |
| /é/ |
`this’ |
| /ó/ |
`to shoot’ |
/ivrć/
|
`woodpecker’
|
|
(2) Onset-Nucleus type C1N: The
composition of C1 subclassifies these into three groups.
|
| (a) CV |
/gū/ |
`ash’ |
| |
/duvlį/ |
`terrapin’ |
| (b) CCV |
/kwć/ |
`tawny own’ |
| |
/tavth/
|
`turnstone’ |
| |
/tąvmyim/
|
`monkey’
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