| 2.4.2 Suprasegmentals |
| Juncture |
| Three types of juncture are
identified in Yerava. The internal juncture, word medial
juncture and word final juncture. They are symbolically
indicated with the signs-, + and # respectively. |
| |
| Internal juncture /-/ |
| The two words spoken in succession
are joined together to act as a single unit. The pause
in between is represented by /-/. |
| pu:-manelu
|
'fine
sand' |
| ba:r-ka:rati |
'preganant
women' |
|
| Word medial juncture /+/ |
| The two words are spoken in
succession without the operation of the Sandhi rule. The
pause in between is represented by /+/ |
pu:
+ ma elu |
'flower
and sand' |
| ba:ru
+ ka:rati |
'one
who has a big stomach' |
|
| Word final juncture [#] |
| In an utterance it occurs at
the end of each word and is represented by space [#] |
#
ni:nga # u: eku
|
#
bari |
#
'you please come here' |
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| Terminal contours |
Three terminal contours are
identified in Yerava. They are rising, falling and level.
They are represented by / // /
and / /
respectively. |
| |
| Rising // |
| The rising terminal contour
indicates presence of interrogation in an utterance, which
has no interrogative word or interrogative particle. The
rising terminal contour also exists in the utterances
with interrogative pronouns and interrogative particle;
however, it is not as conspicuous as it is with previous
case. |
| ave |
pireku
|
po:nja |
|
'He |
went |
home?' |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
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1 |
3 |
2 |
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| ive
|
avena
|
pire |
|
'This |
is
his |
house?' |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
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