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Question 1
How should the rules in Data 1, u-epenthesis and j-deletion, be formulated and ordered?
Data 1
u-epenthesis
dag+ur |
'day m.nom.sg.' |
tek+ur |
'take 2/3sg.pres.ind.' |
bæ+r |
'farm m.nom.sg.' |
næ+r(ð) |
'reach 2/3sg.pres.ind.' |
j-deletion
bylj+ar |
'snowstorm gen.sg.' |
bylj+ir |
'snowstorm nom.pl.' |
bylj+i |
'snowstorm acc.pl.' |
bylj+a |
'snowstorm dat.pl.' |
bylj+um |
'snowstorm dat.pl.' |
byl |
'snowstorm acc.sg.' |
byl+s |
'snowstorm gen.sg.' |
byl+ur |
'snowstorm nom.sg.' |
krefj+i |
'request 2pl.' |
krefj+a |
'request 3pl.' |
krefj+um |
'request 1pl.' |
kref |
'request 1sg.' |
kref+ur |
'request 2/3sg.' |
Question 2
How should we formulate the rule in Data 2 and where does it fit in the order?
Data 2
u-umlaut
/harð+um/ |
hörðum |
'hard dat.pl.' |
/kalla+um/ |
köllum |
'call 1sg.' |
/saga+ur/ |
sögur |
'sagas nom.pl.' |
/dag+r/ |
dagur |
'day nom.sg.' |
Question 3
A syncope rule deletes certain unstressed vowels before {l, r, n, ð, s}V. It applies before case & derivational endings but not before clitics -inn & -ið are attached.
How can we resolve the fact that we have to order u-umlaut before syncope to counter-bleed forms like /bagg+ul+i/ -> [bögg+l+i] but we need the feeding order for: /alin+um/ -> [öln+um]?
Data 3
hamar |
'hammer nom.sg.' |
hamr+i |
'hammer dat.sg.' |
hamr+a |
'to hammer' |
hamar#inn |
'the hammer nom.sg.' |
fóður |
'lining nom.sg.' |
fóðr+i |
'lining dat.sg.' |
fóðr+a |
'to line' |
fóður#ið |
'the lining nom.sg.' |
akur |
'acne nom.sg.' |
akr+i |
'acne dat.sg.' |
akur#inn |
'the acne nom.sg.' |
ökr+um |
'acne dat.pl.' |
dag+ur |
'day nom.sg.' |
dag+r+i |
'day dat.sg.' |
dag+ur#inn |
'the day nom.sg.' |
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