Nominal Compounding as a Productive Word-formation Process in ...
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<strong>Compound<strong>in</strong>g</strong>: Morphosyntax<br />
• Phoneme vs. morpheme-<strong>in</strong>duced palatalization<br />
• tsooy ‘medic<strong>in</strong>e’ + tëëjk ‘house’ = tsooychëëjk ‘hospital’<br />
=> if the l<strong>as</strong>t consonant of the preced<strong>in</strong>g word is<br />
palatalized, compound<strong>in</strong>g and nom<strong>in</strong>al possession<br />
show the same pattern of palatalization<br />
• Possession: compounds <strong>in</strong>flected <strong>as</strong> whole<br />
• poopniij ‘white chilli’<br />
• tsi<strong>in</strong>ka’ax ‘parrot’<br />
-> pyoopniij ‘his white chilli’<br />
-> ntsi<strong>in</strong>ka’ax ‘my parrot’
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