1979
DOI: 10.1086/465613
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Pame Noun Inflection

Abstract: PAME NOUN INFLECTION 0. Introduction 1. Prefixes 2. Stem-initial consonant 3. Tone-stress patterns 4. Suffixes 0. This article describes the inflection of nouns in Pame.l Nouns are inflected for number of the noun, number of the possessor, and person of the possessor. These categories are expressed by (1) prefixes, (2) stem-initial consonant modification, (3) tone-stress changes, or (4) suffixes, and often redundantly by two or more of these systems at once.2 The four systems Pame is an Otomanguean language sp… Show more

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“…Central Pame has a similar class of nouns as well illustrated in the pair nokkoi'l 'my skirt' and rokkoi'l 'our skirt'. Although Gibson and Bartholomew (1979) do not indicate nasalization on the singular form, we can assume that it exists by virtue of the fact that an 11 precedes it and surely spreads its nasality onto the vowel. Such a phonemic contrast would be difficult to discover.…”
Section: Rootmentioning
confidence: 87%
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“…Central Pame has a similar class of nouns as well illustrated in the pair nokkoi'l 'my skirt' and rokkoi'l 'our skirt'. Although Gibson and Bartholomew (1979) do not indicate nasalization on the singular form, we can assume that it exists by virtue of the fact that an 11 precedes it and surely spreads its nasality onto the vowel. Such a phonemic contrast would be difficult to discover.…”
Section: Rootmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…Languages that allow one or more of the laryngeal features word finally, such as English, arc considered to be marked. In the case of Northern Pame, if the sequences mb, nd, and IJ9 were underlyingly two distinct segments, we would at least expect word final voiced stops to surface by themselves, a fact that the 1 Avelino ( 1997), Gibson ( 1979) and Manrique Castaneda ( 1967). Southern Pame, once spoken in Jiliapan and Pacula is said to be extinct, thus leaving us with only Central and Northern Pame.…”
Section: Word Final Neutralizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Northern Pame (autonym: Xi'iuy) is a member of the Otopamean branch of the Otomanguean language family (Gibson & Bartholomew, 1979). The Otomanguean language family contains 18 major languages that were once spoken across Mexico and Central America, although Campbell (2017, p. 3) states 'there is nothing near a consensus for the number of Otomanguean languages.…”
Section: Nominal Morphology In Northern Pamementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Northern Pame (autonym: Xi’iuy) belongs to the Otopamean branch of the Otomanguean language family (Berthiaume, 2012; Gibson & Bartholomew, 1979). The Otomanguean language family contains 18 major languages that once spread across Mexico and Central America, although Campbell (2017:3) states ‘there is nothing near a consensus for the number of Otomanguean languages.…”
Section: Northern Pamementioning
confidence: 99%