project Delta: Inflectional Morphology

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This has already changed, before I even typed up the original version. I took out inversion and then put it back in, partially. No inversion is simpler -- but I decided it was better to keep the 2nd person actants out of the suffix area for ditransitives.

Actant Affixes

Actant Prefixes and Suffixes

1XS-	ko-, ka-	-1XS	-k					1XE-	ke-, kau-	-1XE	-ke
2XS-	mo-, ma-			2XP-	mi-, mya-			2XE-	me-, mau-
				2HP-	tsi-, tsaa-			2HE-	te-, tau-
3AS-	so-	-3AS	-s	3AP-	xi-	-3AP	-xi	3AE-	se-	-3AE	-se
3IS-	lo-	-3IS	-l	3IP-	li-	-3IP	-li
WAS-	-	-WAS	-n/-	WAP-	i-	-WAP	-ni/-i	WAE-	e-	-WAE	-ne/-e
WIS-	ro-	-WIS	-r/-	WIP-	ri-	-WIP	-ri/-ri
COA-	z-	-COA	-z
Uns-	ha-	-Uns	-ha
-Rfx	-da
Some vowel deletion or addition may occur. The 2nd form in a prefix entry is the role-inversion form. The 2nd form in a suffix entry occurs on ditransitives. S Singular P Plural E Extended plural W Within clause (3* references are outside the clause)

Actant Prefixes

1XS-	ko-, ka-			1XE-	ke-, kau-
2XS-	mo-, ma-	2XP-	mi-, mya-	2XE-	me-, mau-
		2HP-	tsi-, tsaa-	2HE-	te-, tau-
3AS-	so-	3AP-	xi-	3AE-	se-
3IS-	lo-	3IP-	li-
WAS-	-	WAP-	i-	WAE-	e-
WIS-	ro-	WIP-	ri-
Uns-	ha-
Some vowel deletion or addition may occur. The 2nd form in an entry is the role-inversion form. S Singular P Plural E Extended plural W Within clause (3* references are outside the clause)

Actant Suffixes

-1XS	-k			-1XE	-ke
-3AS	-s	-3AP	-xi	-3AE	-se
-3IS	-l	-3IP	-li
-WAS	-n, -	-WAP	-ni, -i	-WAE	-ne, -e
-WIS	-r, -	-WIP	-ri, -ri
-Rfx	-da
-Uns	-ha
Some vowel deletion or addition may occur. The 2nd form in an entry occurs on ditransitives.

Possibly combine the reflexive marker with the P-Actant instead.

Ditransitive Suffix Combinations

	-3IS	-3IP	-WIS	-WIP	Aux	Uns
-1XS	-kol	-kli	-k	-kri	-koz	-koh
-1XE	-kel	-keli	-ke	-keri	-kez	-keh
-3AS	-sol	-sli	-s	-sri	-soz	-soh
-3AP	-xil	-xli	-x	-xri	-xiz	-xiç ?
-3AE	-sel	-seli	-se	-seri	-sez	-seh
-WAS	-l	-li	-	-ri	-z	-h
-WAP	-il	-ili	-i	-iri	-iz	-iç ?
-WAE	-el	-eli	-e	-eri	-ez	-eh
-Rfx	-dal	-dali	-da	-dari	-daz	-dah
-Uns	-hal	-hali	-ha	-hari	-haz	-hah

Place Suffixes

-LH	-tu	"here"
-LT	-su	"there" (other definite place)
-LW	-nu ?	place within clause
.LN	-	place unspecified or indefinite?

Place suffixes are inserted before (other) actant suffixes.

Proposed Tense, Aspect, and Mood System

Tenses and Moods, Version 1

	Factual		Hypothetical		Imperative		Contrafactual
future			Fut-	dji-	Imp-	???-	???-	???-
present	Prs-	ta-	Hyp-	he-			Ctf-	???-
past	Pst-	be-					???-	???-

The additional prefixes are |sa-| Def- (definite, perfective) and |u-| Ipf- (imperfective, definite), which can be used with any past or future stem. Without either of these, past and future stems are indefinite and perfective. Present stems are always imperfective.

probably not this version

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An alternate version constructs TAM from three pieces: Temporal Reference Point (TRP), Mood, and Aspect, appearing in that order. There are four TRP's, corresponding to the four Locations:

Time Prefixes

TN-	tu- ?	the present time "now" (imperfective)
TT-	su- ?	at a definite time "then"
TW-	nu- ??	given within the clause "adverbial"
LN.	-	at some indefinite time (perfective)

Time prefixes are inserted after (other) actant prefixes.

The Moods are:

• Fac. Factual -- unmarked


• Hyp- Hypothetical -- |a-|


• Imp- Imperative -- |??-|


• Ctf- Contrafactual -- |??-|

The Imperfective Aspect prefix Ipf- is the only one existing at present. Unless it's used with TT- or TW-, these are perfective.

Last Edited: 2006.Mar.20 Mon
Previous Edit: 2006.Feb.18 Sat