Controversial points in the morphology
On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 03:48:53PM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
>
> --- Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 01:28:04PM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > >
> > > How would {zo .melanis. cmene lamelanis.} parse?
> >
> > I'm not aware of *any* (serious) morphology that would stop the
> > "me" there from breaking off, generating "zo me la nis".
> > Certainly that's how camxes currently works.
> >
> > Clearly you intended this example to demonstrate a problem and,
> > as usual, I have no idea what that problem is. Do you think you
> > could be a *tad* more verbose?
>
> How would you quote the word {melanis.} then? Would such words be
> unquotable with {zo}?
They already are; there is no morphology I am aware of where that
does not break up. I think it probably even breaks up in the
pause-on-both-sides scheme.
It certainly breaks up in camxes at this time:
text
|- CMAVO
| ZO: zo
|- spaces: .
|- CMAVO
| ME: me
|- CMAVO
| LA: la
|- CMENE
| cmene: nis
|- spaces: .
-Robin