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==Telicity== | ==Telicity== | ||
Due to contact with Thangha', Seggeynni has developed a grammatical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telicity telicity] contrast. Atelic verbs are unmarked, and in Tone Class 1. Telic verbs are in Tone Class 2, are usually take the suffix /ɕə́ŋə́/ (usually pronounced [ɕíⁿ]). | Due to contact with Thangha', Seggeynni has developed a grammatical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telicity telicity] contrast. Atelic verbs are unmarked, and in Tone Class 1. Telic verbs are in Tone Class 2, are usually take the suffix /ɕə́ŋə́/ (usually pronounced [ɕíⁿ]). This is a grammaticalised form of the verb /ˈɕéʔŋə̀/ - "to become". | ||
For example: | For example: | ||
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The enemy departed from Hkónat in a month (as in it took them that long to get ready). | The enemy departed from Hkónat in a month (as in it took them that long to get ready). | ||
===Semantic Shifts=== | |||
Many verbs have completely different meanings when their aspect changes from atelic to telic. For example: | |||
/ˈjḛ̂ɲə̀mə̀jə̀ ˈdʷô̰mə̀jə̀/ | |||
[ˈjêʢɲìmːʲì ˈdʷôʢmːʲì] | |||
enemy sleep.ATEL | |||
The enemy is asleep. | |||
vs. | |||
/ˈjḛ̂ɲə̀mə̀jə̀ ˈdʷò̰mə́jə́-ɕə́ŋə́/ | |||
[ˈjêʢɲìmːʲì ˈdʷò̰ʢmːʲíɕíⁿ] | |||
enemy sleep-TEL | |||
The enemy is dead. | |||
This (and many other similar semantic shifts) are clearly attributable to influence from Thangha', which inflects the verb root /ˈɲaⁿdəʔ/ into atelic /ʎə-ˈɲaⁿdəʔ/ to mean "sleep", and telic /mʲaɲəʔ-ˈɲaⁿdəʔ/ to mean "die". In Kämpya (which does not mark telicity), the verb /ˈdô̰mì/ (cognate with /ˈdʷò̰mə́jə́/) is only used to mean "sleep". There is a separate verb root /θêḭ/ to mean "die". However in Seggeynni, the cognate to this word /fḭ̂ː/ means to die insane. | |||