amiu - "useful thing"

For chresimos:

amleiu "useful thing"

X-SAMPA / {mlEIU_(drop) /

Chresimos is Greek for "useful".

a- Restrictive relative clause.

m- No actor.

le "to use (deliberately)"

-i No target.

-u Object-head relative clause. This clause has no object, so the formation is nominal -- "that which is used".

The written form has two characters. The first (on the right) is le "to use". The second is a-u (restrictive object-head relative clause). The morphemes indicating the lack of verb arguments are represented by zero graphs (ie, blank space).

As you might guess, the word Amíu is also a headless relative clause:

a- Restrictive relative clause.

0- (Zero morph.) First-person actor.

mí "to speak"

-0 (Zero morph.) First-person target.

-u Object-head relative clause. Again, the clause has no object, so it's a nominal formation. "That which we speak to each other."


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I believe I'll be out of town for the next couple of days, so there'll probably be a break in the PoA posts, but the analytic madness has spread: Check out chresimos's post on perceptions of physically attractive characters (split off from Chapter 2), and glitterdemon's on why Dumbledore hired Remus (split off from Chapter 5).

For those just tuning in, I'm saving the PoA posts in memories here.

amiu - "useful thing"

For chresimos:

amleiu "useful thing"

X-SAMPA / {mlEIU_(drop) /

Chresimos is Greek for "useful".

a- Restrictive relative clause.

m- No actor.

le "to use (deliberately)"

-i No target.

-u Object-head relative clause. This clause has no object, so the formation is nominal -- "that which is used".

The written form has two characters. The first (on the right) is le "to use". The second is a-u (restrictive object-head relative clause). The morphemes indicating the lack of verb arguments are represented by zero graphs (ie, blank space).

As you might guess, the word Amíu is also a headless relative clause:

a- Restrictive relative clause.

0- (Zero morph.) First-person actor.

mí "to speak"

-0 (Zero morph.) First-person target.

-u Object-head relative clause. Again, the clause has no object, so it's a nominal formation. "That which we speak to each other."


cheyinka is next in the icon queue.

*

I believe I'll be out of town for the next couple of days, so there'll probably be a break in the PoA posts, but the analytic madness has spread: Check out chresimos's post on perceptions of physically attractive characters (split off from Chapter 2), and glitterdemon's on why Dumbledore hired Remus (split off from Chapter 5).

For those just tuning in, I'm saving the PoA posts in memories here.