Cornish morph-phon grammar file

Cornish morphphonology

This is the file for the morphophonological rules.

We keep a verbose style, at each point we tell what we will do. That is the echo commands.

Definitions

Here, we have left some documentation for curious readers:

• ^S = 2 = soft mutation \
• ^A = 3 = breathed mutation \
• ^P = 4 = hard mutation \
• ^M = 5 = mixed mutation \
• ^V = vowel affection \
• ^E = triggers o to e in agent suffix \
• ^D = no mutation dummy for immutable words \
• ^CD = triggers consonant doubling in subjunctive \
• ^TRUNC = \

These triggers are given a name, so that we can delete them when they have done their job.

• DummySymbols

• Boundary

• Dummy

• Vow

• Cns

• Yy

• Symbols

• Sgm

Rules

Here the action begins.

Mutations

!identity

gsoft: If we encounter a final %^S symbol, we delete an initial g

Etc for changing g to h in front of %^M, etc.

Then we generalise: softmut p -> b etc. in front of %^S

Change gw to g with gwsimplification

Aspirant mutation p > f etc. in front of %^A

k to h in front of %^A with kaspmut

!The other consonant rules

Devoicing b -> p etc. in front of %^P

Voiced plosive to fric with mixed in front of %^M

Nonmutation as identity when we do not have triggers. Hmm, why is this needed?

ConsonantDoublingI bdg in front of %^CD

ConsonantDoublingII t in front of %^CD

ConsonantDoublingIII various cns in front of %^CD

Devoicing b -> p

Deleting light stem vowel with LightStemVow

AuslautHerdung

Umlaut of e3, a4, … in %^UML contexts Always Uml if affix. Then Uml if no affix, but when %^UML mark

The triggers have done their work The order of rules here is not crucial, crucial is the order below: But it is a good idea to have the same rule here as well. Dummydeletion comes last:

ArchiPhonemes should not be on the surface

Compilation

Then we compile, one rule after another.

• read regex [ Nonmutation
• .o. identity
• .o. gsoft
• .o. gmixed
• .o. softmut
• .o. aspmut
• .o. kaspmut
• .o. prov
• .o. mixed
• .o. Nonmutation
• .o. ConsonantDoublingI
• .o. ConsonantDoublingII
• .o. ConsonantDoublingIII
• .o. Devoicing
• .o. LightStemVow
• .o. NoFinalH
• .o. STDEL
• .o. VowelAffection
• .o. OtoE
• .o. LightSuffixEK
• .o. Umlaut
• .o. ArchiPhonemes
• .o. DummyDeletion
• ] ;

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This (part of) documentation was generated from src/fst/morphology/phonology.xfscript