Re: Morphology

[HACKER G N <c9709244@ALINGA.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU>]

On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Don Wiggins wrote:
>
> > "lo re spajipci" is "lo re spaJIPci", whereas "lo
> > respa jipci" is "lo RESpa JIPci".
>
> However, the stress for cmavo is not restricted.  Therefore it
> is possible to say "lo RE spa JI pci" and this can be either
> "lo RE spaJIPci" with a stressed cmavo or "lo REspa JIPci" as two gismu.

But it is forbidden to stress a cmavo syllable before a gismu unless you
put a compulsory pause after the cmavo, so strong disambiguation is
maintained.


Geoff