Re: A little theorem on a forbiden fu'ivla form

[Paulo Barreto <pbarreto@unisys.com.br>]

>> So far I wasn't able to disprove the validity of {spra'i}, or more generally
>> CC...CV'V fu'ivla.
>
>The specific form CCCV'V can't be a slinku'i failure, for there is no
>way to segment CVCCCV'V into rafsi:  CVC+CCV+'V is not possible, nor is
>CVCC+CV'V.
>
>As for the general form CC...CV'V, "slinku'i" itself is of this form, and
>"pa slinku'i" segments as "pas+lin+ku'i".  So the form is not safe in general.

Oops, I failed to express the suitable regular expression. I mean a sequence of
three or more consonants, followed by V'V. That is, CCCC*V'V. This form seems
safe.

>> I have a further question on fu'ivla morphology. Is it possible that a
fu'ivla
>> be stressed on vocalic consonant (as in XRvatska, for instance)?
>
>No.  All brivla have penultimate stress, and syllabic consonants (and "y")
>do not count.

And I just noticed that even {xrvatska} is not valid, as the initial consonant
cluster contains a pair (rv) that is forbidden at this position.


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