Tigrinya Root Consonants and the OCP
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ing away from the reduplicated part of the stem, these verbs are derived from triliterals such as /¿rm/, and are assimilable to the large class of triliteral roots more typically realized as in (6). Only one root, identified by Bassano as belonging to the Hamasen dialect, is treated in this analysis as a true quinquiliteral (cf. also (37) below). It is also unique among five-slot templates in that it takes no prefix. (16) g√r√ng√r‘start to form pod (of legume)’ While this root might need to be treated synchronically as /grngr/, it is presumably the result of an irregular reduplication of /grn/. Due to its multiply exceptional nature, it is not included in the statistical analysis here. 2. The Obligatory Contour Principle 2.1. Identical Consonants In (12) above we saw that when a biliteral root such as /sd/ associates with a three-slot template, it is the second consonant which occupies two slots (17a), rather than the first (17b). That is, while stems of the type s√d√dare common, those of the form *s√s√dare absent. TIGRINYA ROOT CONSONANTS AND THE OCP 25 (17) a. C √ C √ C = s√d√d | sf
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