Difference between revisions of "Realizational formula"
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<br>A "chameleon vowel" (/E/) is realized as the vowel (V<sub>1</sub>) identical to the preceding vowel, with intervening consonant or consonant cluster (K). | <br>A "chameleon vowel" (/E/) is realized as the vowel (V<sub>1</sub>) identical to the preceding vowel, with intervening consonant or consonant cluster (K). | ||
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<br>/u/ is realized as /o/ when preceded by /o/ plus consonant or consonant cluster (K). | <br>/u/ is realized as /o/ when preceded by /o/ plus consonant or consonant cluster (K). | ||
Revision as of 01:44, 26 July 2018
A realizational formula is the type of algebraic statement that is appropriate for the description of structural relationships according to stratificational theory. A realizational formula bears a superficial resemblance to a rewrite rule. But unlike rewrite or mutation rules in a process description, realization formulae are not necessarily ordered. For example, a pair of formulae may be allowed to operate simultaneously, or they may be allowed to operate in either of the two possible orders.
Examples
In Monachi (Utoaztecan, California):
Example 1:
- E / V1K ] V1
A "chameleon vowel" (/E/) is realized as the vowel (V1) identical to the preceding vowel, with intervening consonant or consonant cluster (K).
Example 2:
- u / oK ] o
/u/ is realized as /o/ when preceded by /o/ plus consonant or consonant cluster (K).
Source
- Lamb, Sydney M., Language and Reality: Selected Writings of Sydney Lamb, Continuum, 2004.
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