Phonetics
What is Phonetics?
The sounds of a language, how they are made, and where in the mouth they are made.
(The classification of sounds and how they are made)
What is Syntax?
Word order of a language.
What is a morpheme?
a chunk of a word that makes no sense on it’s own, but adds meaning to a word.
What is a verb subject morpheme?
The part of a word that indicates who is doing the action.
What is a slot and filler chart?
a chart that can help to show the order of morphemes, specifically in verbs.
What is a possessive noun prefix?
A possessive noun prefix is a morpheme that attaches to nouns that tells us who "owns" that noun.
What is an example of a fricative?
th, sh, s, v
What is a noun?
A Person, Place or thing (or idea)
What is a morpheme that indicates that you are asking a yes or no question?
a - polar question
íshal - I walk
Íshala?- do I walk?
What VSM tells us that I am doing the action?
What are the slots for the following word?
íkel
í + ke + l
3 + 1 + -1
What is the PNP for "My___"
What is an example of an affricate?
Ch, ts
What is a verb?
An action or state of being
what is a morpheme that tells us somethind is being done "in half" "in two" "Together" OR "turning"
Nlä
What VSM tells us that "that one" is doing the action?
What are the slots for the following word?
Nłänt’äw
Nłänt’äw
Nłä + n + t’äw
14 + 3 + 1
What is the PNP for "your___"
N
What is an example of a plosive?
P, b, t, d, k
What is the subject in this sentence:
ä́mą ukų̀ ts’ä̀n däya.
What is a morpheme that tells us that the action is being done Here and there (in a wandering fashion)
k’àn
k’ànída - I walk around
What VSM tells us that you are doing the action?
N/ į / in/ ni
What are the slots for the following word?
Ghàázhän
Ghàázhän
Ghà + á + zhän
13 + 3 + 1
What is the PNP for "theirs (3+)___"
kwä
Give an example of a sound that is made from a alveolar placement
t, d, n
What is the object in this sentence?
Chät Łù’an Mǟn ts’ä̀n ändal
Łù’an Mǟn
What is a morpheme that tells us that we are speaking about area-space-time?
kwä̀
What VSM tells us that you two are doing the action?
What are the slots for the following word?
Jedųkela?
jedųkela?
Je + d + ų + ke + l + a
6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 1 + -1 + -2
What is the PNP for "ours___"
dá
Give me an example of a sound that is made with a velar placement.
g, k, gh (partly), kh (partly)
What is the post-position in this sentence?
Däk’àn ts’andu äts’ekèt kų̀ ts’ä̀n ändal
ts’ä̀n
What does the "je" in jedít’äw mean?
Starting to
What VSM tells us that people are doing the action?
ts’e/ts’ä
What slot tells us that something MIGHT happen?
The u indicates an optative future
What is the PNP for "area-space-time___"
kwä̀
Give me a sound that is a nasal sound
n, m, į, ų, ę, ą, ǫ
Where is the adjective in this sentence?
Äghajèl dek’wän umą yè kedläw
What does the sha in shadíke mean?
in a cirlce
What VSM tells us that all of you are doing the action?
ghàá
What happens when the Mode slot (U for optative future), mixes with the subject slot (í, į, ä specifically)
The mode slot and subject slot mix, leaving us a u with different tones. (except 3rd person)
u+í=ú
u+į= ų
u+ ä = u
What is the PNP for "that one’s own___"
de
What are some examples of sound that come from a bilabial placement?
p, b, m
What is the syntax of dän k’e?
Subject, object, verb
What does the nà in nàdíkel mean?
Again
What VSM tells us all of us are doing the action?
ghàī
in what slot would we find the morpheme sha?
14
What is an inalienable noun?
A noun that has to be possessed
(Family members and body parts.)
What are some sound that are voiced
d, g, n, m,
What is the syntax of English?
Subject, verb, object
Are there any morphemes that DON’T work together?
Directional morphemes, K’àn + l, je + theme d
What VSM tells us that all of them are doing the action?
Ghàke
In what slot would we find the l morpheme?
-1
What is an alienable noun?
a noun that can be possessed, or not be possessed
What are some sounds that are voiceless
t, k, p, s
What is the difference between a post-position and a preposition
Where is is located in a sentence.
Preposition: She stood BY the LAKE
Post-position: the LAKE BY she stood
Is a verb root a morpheme?
Yes! It makes no sense alone, but definitely is needed to add meaning to our verbs
What two morphemes indicate us two, and those two are doing the action
In what slot do we find the distributive?
Slot 13
does the are-space-time PNP work with alienable nouns?
Yes!
Kwä̀mǟn - that area’s lake