Karavlax Verbal Morpho-Synatx: a paradigmatic corpus of alleged stem-representative verbs

Introduction

The IE Vlax alleged verbal stems are verb endling in:

• -are (default verb being aflare, “to find”);
• -ire (default verb being advire “to hear, listen”);
• -eare (default verb being vedeare “to see”; alegeare being “to choose”).

Here follows a set of verbs, belonging to the alleged representative verbal stems. Please note that the original verb correspond to the IPA characters.

The Corpus

(1) To Find: ♣amg∂s∂t♣

[+PRESENT TENSE] Singular Plural
1st person (jo) gəsəsk (noj) gəsəm
2nd person (tu) gəsəʃt (voj) as-gəsət
3rd person (je[l]) gəsat (jej) a-gəsət

[+PAST TENSE] Singular Plural
1st person (jo) am-gəsət1 (noj) am-gəsə
2nd person (↑⁁ ) də tɪɲʲɛ (voj) as-gəsət
3rd person (jel) a-gəsət* (jej) a-gəsət*

(* __majda, __ majndata (yesterday))

(2) To Hear: ♣amuz∂t♣

[+PRESENT TENSE] Singular Plural
1st person (jo) aud (noj) audjɛm
2nd person (tu) auʤ** (voj) ?
3rd person (je[l]) audjɛ (jej) audjɛ

[+PAST TENSE] Singular Plural
1st person (jo) muzət (noj) audjɛm*
2nd person (tu) aj-wzət (voj) audjɛn*
3rd person (je[l]) audjɛ* (jej) audjɛ*

(** also [auz] (alveolar posting?))

(3) To Hear, continuous: ♣pujurejke♣

note: [urejke], noun, means “ears”

[+PRESENT TENSE] Singular Plural
1st person (jo) puj+urɛjkɛ (noj) punjem+urɛjkɛ
2nd person (tu) puj+urɛjkɛ (voj) ?
3rd person (je[l]) puj+urɛjkɛ (jej) ?

[+PAST TENSE] Singular Plural
1st person (jo) am-pu-rejke (noj) am-punj-em-urejke
2nd person (tu) aj-pu-rejke (voj) aj-punj-em-urejke
3rd person (je[j]) punje+rejke (jej) (am-)punju-e-rejke

(4) To See: ♣amvizut♣

[+PRESENT TENSE] Singular Plural
1st person (jo) vəd (noj) vidjem
2nd person (tu) vjez (voj) vidjeʧ
3rd person (jel) vjedje (jej) vjedje

[+PAST TENSE] Singular Plural
1st person (jo) am-vizut (noj) am-vizut*
2nd person (tuj) am-vizut (voj) as-vizut
3rd person (jel) a-vizut (je[j]) a-vizut*

(5) To Choose: ♣akuljes♣

[+PRESENT TENSE] Singular Plural
1st person (jo) a-kuljeg (noj) a-kuljeʤ-j-ɛn
2nd person (tu) a-kuljeʧ (voj) a-kuljeʤ-j-ɛts
3rd person (jel) a-kuljeʤ (jej) a-kuljeʤ-j-ɛ

[+PAST TENSE] Singular Plural
1st person (jo) am-kuljes (noj) am-kuljes
2nd person (tuj) aj-kuljes (voj) an-kuljes
3rd person (jel) a-kuljes (je[j]) a-kuljes

Morpho-Syntax: Ponderings on Verbal Perfection & Perfectiveness

When comparing the Karavlax verbs to the Romanian ones–the latter being not only the lexifying language bu the basilect itself–a very peculiar phenomenon becomes apparent. Romanian perfective and imperfective verbs “to see” are shown in (6) and (7).

(6) Perfective Conjugation

1st prs eu am văzut
2nd prs tu ai văzut
3rd prs el a văzut
1st prs noi am văzut
2nd prs voi aţi văzut
3rd prs ei au văzut

As alleged from the corpus itself, the Karavlax has lost the (hypothetical) basilectal stems. /…./

[still to come]

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