different incorporations.
R. Rankin
rankin at ku.edu
Sun May 30 14:19:48 UTC 2004
I think it's often impossible to distinguish so-called syntactic from lexical
incorporation in Siouan because, for many verbs, the two processes give
homophonous results. Skata/$kata does have two forms, distinguished by accent,
but the fact that both have phonological truncation strongly suggests that there
is not a hard-and-fast line between the two types of incorporation, and, that,
in fact, what we have is a continuum between what were earlier and later
lexicalizations of particular compounds. Given the lexeme-by-lexeme nature of
compound formation, this would not be surprising.
You gonna give us a preview of your solution, Wim? :-)
Bob
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