Re: Morphology

[John Cowan <cowan@DRV.CBC.COM>]

Don Wiggins wrote:
>
> > But it is forbidden to stress a cmavo syllable before a gismu unless you
> > put a compulsory pause after the cmavo, so strong disambiguation is
> > maintained.
>
> Is that right?  In fact, is it stronger in that before gismu or lujvo there
> must be a pause?  How about cmene?

A stressed cmavo must be separated from any following brivla by a pause.
For cmene, the rule is much stronger:  ANY preceding word, except for
"la", "lai", "la'i", and "doi", must be separated from a following
cmene by a pause.

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John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
                        e'osai ko sarji la lojban