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P. COUTSOUGERA<br />

Plural<br />

Plural<br />

S<strong>in</strong>gular forms Gloss Underly<strong>in</strong>g forms Surface forms<br />

[le'pi] ‘scale’ /lepi+a/ ! [le'pca]<br />

[ma'ti] ‘eye' /mati+a/ ! [ma'θa]<br />

[ela'fi] ‘deer’ /elafi+a/ ! [ela'fca]<br />

[po'1i] ‘foot’ /po1i+a/ ! [po'θca]<br />

[2e'ri] ‘hand’ /xeri+a/ ! [2e'rka]<br />

(ii) <strong>in</strong> reduced underly<strong>in</strong>g CCiV clusters (<strong>in</strong> postconsonantal, prevocalic<br />

position):<br />

Plural<br />

Plural<br />

S<strong>in</strong>gular forms Gloss Underly<strong>in</strong>g forms Surface forms<br />

[xarti'] ‘paper’ /xarti+a/ ! [xarca']<br />

[ale'vri] ‘flour’ /alevri+a/ ! [ale'fka] 4 or<br />

[ale'rka]<br />

Gloss Underly<strong>in</strong>g forms Surface forms<br />

‘heart’ /kar1ia/ ! [karca']<br />

‘beauty’ /omorfia/ ! [omorca']<br />

<strong>The</strong> latter are not examples <strong>of</strong> s<strong>in</strong>gular/plural alternations but there<br />

are good reasons for claim<strong>in</strong>g that also surface [karca], ‘heart’ and<br />

[omorfca'], ‘beauty’ (both s<strong>in</strong>gular) have the underly<strong>in</strong>g forms /kar1ia/<br />

and /omorfia/ respectively.<br />

b. When <strong>in</strong> postconsonantal, prevocalic position and follow<strong>in</strong>g a<br />

sonorant (other than r) or the fricatives /s/ and /z/, high vowel i coalesces<br />

with the consonant preced<strong>in</strong>g it. This results <strong>in</strong> palatalisation. Note that<br />

all consonants coalesc<strong>in</strong>g with i are [+coronal]:<br />

4 [ale'fka] is attested <strong>in</strong> Mesarka and [ale'rka] <strong>in</strong> Pafos (regions <strong>of</strong> Cyprus). [ale'vria] is<br />

the contemporary standard form.<br />

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