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Topic marking is a fundamental part of Mirja grammar, and participates in some fairly fundamental systems. There are two main topic markers in Mirja | Topic marking is a fundamental part of Mirja grammar, and participates in some fairly fundamental systems. There are two main topic markers in Mirja—the 'simple topic marker' and the 'contrastive topic marker'—and a couple of other things (such as ''-si'' 'also') also behave like topic markers. | ||
== Form of the topic markers == | == Form of the topic markers == | ||
Mirja's most basic and simple topic marker | Mirja's most basic and simple topic marker—glossed as simply 'TOP'—usually surfaces only as a modification to the final consonant of the word it attaches to. Specifically, it takes whatever the last consonant of that word is and converts it to a voiceless fricative. The specific results are shown by the table below. | ||
{|class="wikitable | |||
! Original !! Topicalised | |||
|- | |||
| h m w || ɸ~w̥ | |||
|- | |||
| v || f | |||
|- | |||
| t d n || θ | |||
|- | |||
| l || ɬ | |||
|- | |||
| r || ɾ̥ | |||
|- | |||
| j || j̥~ç | |||
|- | |||
| k g || x | |||
|- | |||
| θ s ɬ ɾ̥ x || (segmental marker) | |||
|} | |||
Revision as of 16:50, 21 April 2023
Topic marking is a fundamental part of Mirja grammar, and participates in some fairly fundamental systems. There are two main topic markers in Mirja—the 'simple topic marker' and the 'contrastive topic marker'—and a couple of other things (such as -si 'also') also behave like topic markers.
Form of the topic markers
Mirja's most basic and simple topic marker—glossed as simply 'TOP'—usually surfaces only as a modification to the final consonant of the word it attaches to. Specifically, it takes whatever the last consonant of that word is and converts it to a voiceless fricative. The specific results are shown by the table below.
| Original | Topicalised |
|---|---|
| h m w | ɸ~w̥ |
| v | f |
| t d n | θ |
| l | ɬ |
| r | ɾ̥ |
| j | j̥~ç |
| k g | x |
| θ s ɬ ɾ̥ x | (segmental marker) |