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| Which forest did the lizard bite the dog in? | | Which forest did the lizard bite the dog in? |
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| ==Compounding==
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| How compounds are formed depends on their semantics [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics)#Semantic_classification].
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| ===Endocentric Compounds===
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| These are head final, with the second element (and any subsequent elements) losing its stress and phonation e.g.
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| /ˈsíʔtà-kʰwèi/
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| guardian-dog
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| a watchdog
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| If this compounding would result in multiple aspirated consonants in the same word, all except the first lose their aspiration e.g.
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| /pʰáˈzè̤t-kwèi/
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| forest-dog
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| a wild dog (not */pʰáˈzè̤t-kʰwèi/)
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| Voiceless nasals, /h/, and clusters containing /h/ also count as "aspirated consonants" e.g. from /káˈkʰâṵd/ - "isthmus" we form the compound
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| /éˈmḛ̂hè-kà̀kàud/
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| emerge-isthmus
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| land that rises from the sea due to isostatic rebound [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isostatic_reboundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isostatic_rebound]
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| ===Exocentric compounds===
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| Here it is the first element of the compound that loses its stress, phonation and aspiration (if any) e.g.
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| /émé.é-káˈkʰâṵd/
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| emerge-isthmus
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| War fought over land that rises from the sea due to isostatic rebound (a very common occurrence)
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