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(49) a. ( ( ( (
→
~
SS be.necessary:FUT
‘It is necessary...’
b. ( ( ( ( H H H H =(J= =(J= =(J= =(J= → ( ( ( ( H H H H =(J= =(J= =(J= =(J=
2SG:FUT pass:FUT where
‘Where are you going?’
It is also attested between prepositions and nouns:
(50) a. B B B B 5A 5A
→ BA 5A
5A
BEN 3SG
‘for him/her’
b. J5(( J5(( J5(( J5(( KJK KJK
→ J5( J5(K( J5( J5( K( KJK KJK ~ J5 J5K( J5 J5K(
K(K( K( K( KJK
KJK
in-in ear
‘in the ear’
Finally, LVS is attested in non-augmented monomorphemic environments.
Several lexical items have a schwa which alternates with A:
(51) a. F(A F(A F(A F(A ~ FA(A FA(A FA(A FA(A
‘a week ago’
b. IFA IFA IFA IFA ~ IAFA IAFA
‘stay’
c. A A A A ~ AA AA AA AA
‘NEG’
There are additional monomorphemic items in my corpus which have the
environment for the application of LVS, but is not clear if the process applies in these
cases. Further field research is necessary to verify that the process applies to these forms.
Examples are given in (52):
(52) Attested form Predicted alternation Gloss
a. F F F F @KLK @KLK @KLK @KLK F F F F @KLK @KLK @KLK @KLK ~ F F F F @KL @KLK @KL @KL ‘kidney’
b. C>A C>A C>A C>A
C>AA C>AA C>AA C>AA
‘iron’
c. JH=A JH=A JH=A JH=A
—— ‘directly’
c. F(@H F(@H F(@H F(@H F(@H F(@H F(@H F(@H
‘naked’
d. JH JH JH JH
JH JH JH JH
‘toad’
LVS shares some features with both lexical and post-lexical rules. It is similar to a
lexical rule in that it is structure preserving. The forms which are created are all
phonemes in the language. It is similar to a postlexical rule in several ways. It may occur
across word boundaries, it is optional, and it does not appear to have lexical exceptions.
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