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= Types of Noun Incorporation = | == Types of Noun Incorporation == | ||
* This is an example of Minthun's Classificatory NI (Class IV) being exploited by Minhast. Here, it is essentially creating the equivalent of a locative noun in other languages, e.g. English "Within the ''interior of'' the beast...", which is essentially an Inessive-like case construction. Here, ''nua'' means "side", and has been incorporated into the verb complex. The implicit head is ''suharak'' (deerskin), which was mentioned in a previous line in the passage, which is what the Locative applicative ''naħk-'' is referring to. This construction is equivalent to saying "Next to it", "By its side", etc. | * This is an example of Minthun's Classificatory NI (Class IV) being exploited by Minhast. Here, it is essentially creating the equivalent of a locative noun in other languages, e.g. English "Within the ''interior of'' the beast...", which is essentially an Inessive-like case construction. Here, ''nua'' means "side", and has been incorporated into the verb complex. The implicit head is ''suharak'' (deerskin), which was mentioned in a previous line in the passage, which is what the Locative applicative ''naħk-'' is referring to. This construction is equivalent to saying "Next to it", "By its side", etc. | ||
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= Truncation/Weak Suppletion = | == Truncation/Weak Suppletion == | ||
Most Minhast nouns are irregular in their IN forms, the majority of which exhibit what has been referred to among Minhast linguists as ''truncation'', but is more commonly referred to as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppletion#Weak_suppletion weak suppletion] (see also "Noun Incorporation: A New Theoretical Perspective", Alessio Muro, 2009). Cross-linguistically this process is seen in other languages such as Sora, an unrelated language from the Munda family in India. The first example shows the analytic version of the Sora sentence "Will they eat the buffalo/ Do they eat buffalo?". The second example shows the noun incorporated-version of the same sentence, where the independent word ''bɔŋtɛl'' ("buffalo") has lost its final syllable to create its incorporating form, ''bɔŋ'': | Most Minhast nouns are irregular in their IN forms, the majority of which exhibit what has been referred to among Minhast linguists as ''truncation'', but is more commonly referred to as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppletion#Weak_suppletion weak suppletion] (see also "Noun Incorporation: A New Theoretical Perspective", Alessio Muro, 2009). Cross-linguistically this process is seen in other languages such as Sora, an unrelated language from the Munda family in India. The first example shows the analytic version of the Sora sentence "Will they eat the buffalo/ Do they eat buffalo?". The second example shows the noun incorporated-version of the same sentence, where the independent word ''bɔŋtɛl'' ("buffalo") has lost its final syllable to create its incorporating form, ''bɔŋ'': | ||