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====== Theme vowels ====== | ====== Theme vowels ====== | ||
- | {{interlanguage link|Tematski vokali}} & {{interlanguage link|Tematski vokaliđ}} | + | In what follows we describe how theme vowels were annotated in the Database. \\ |
+ | The following theme vowel classes were annotated for BCS (5300, defective excluded from the count): | ||
+ | ^ Theme Vowel Class ^ Example (inf, pres.1pl, gloss) | ||
+ | | a/a | pitati, pitamo ‘ask’\\ prov(j)erava-ti, | ||
+ | | i/i | visiti, visimo ‘hang’\\ graditi, gradimo ’build’\\ odlaziti, odlazi-mo ’leave' | ||
+ | | a/ | ||
+ | |∅/e| pasti, pasemo ‘graze’\\ bosti (← bod-∅-ti), | ||
+ | |u/ | ||
+ | |(j)e/ | ||
+ | |∅/ | ||
+ | |a/ | ||
+ | |a/ | ||
+ | |(j)e/ | ||
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+ | The following theme vowel classes were annotated for Slovenian (3000, defective excluded from the count): | ||
+ | ^ Theme Vowel Class ^ Example (inf, pres.1pl, gloss) | ||
+ | | a/a | delati, delamo ‘work’\\ kopirati, kopiramo ‘copy’\\ prepoznaati, | ||
+ | | i/i | deliti, delimo ‘share’\\ graditi gradimo ’build’\\ vstopiti, vstopimo ‘enter’ |863 |28.77% | | ||
+ | | a/je| orati, orjemo ‘plough’\\ sijati, sijemo ‘shine’\\prikazovati, | ||
+ | |∅/e| pasti, pasemo ‘graze’\\ pasti (← pad-∅-ti) pademo ’fall’\\ odpreti, odpremo ‘open’|285|9.5%| | ||
+ | |i/ | ||
+ | |e/ | ||
+ | |a/ | ||
+ | |a/e|brati, beremo ‘read’\\ izzvati, izzovemo ‘challenge’|46|1.53%| | ||
+ | |∅/ | ||
+ | |e/e| umeti, umemo ‘understand’\\ vedeti, vemo ‘know’|47|1.57%| | ||
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+ | Given that the annotated theme vowel classes deviate from the previously proposed theme vowel systems (see for example [[references|Toporišič 2004]] for Slovenian and [[references|Pranjković & Silić 2005]] for BCS) we add the guidelines that were used for annotation. \\ | ||
+ | For the purposes of the database, a theme vowel is taken to be the affix before the inflectional ending, which reflects the conjugation class of a group of verbs. Since the theme vowel can depend on the finiteness of the verb form, theme vowel classes are represented as pairs - the first vowel of the pair corresponds to the theme vowel in a non-finite form (we give the infinitive), | ||
+ | In order to determine the theme vowels, the conjugation of the verb and the root were considered (here root is used purely descriptively, | ||
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+ | **gledati**\\ | ||
+ | gled-a-ti: gled- is taken to be the root as it can be found in other contexts (pogled ‘look, view.n’)\\ | ||
+ | gled-a-ti: -ti is the infinitival ending\\ | ||
+ | gled-a-mo: -mo is the 1st person plural ending\\ | ||
+ | Theme vowels: a in non-finite form, a in finite form; the theme vowel class is a, a\\ | ||
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+ | **držati**\\ | ||
+ | drž-a-ti: drž- is taken to be the root as it can be found in other contexts (Slovenian: drž-a, drž-e ‘posture.nom, | ||
+ | drž-a-ti: -ti is the infinitival ending\\ | ||
+ | drž-i-mo: -mo is the 1st person plural ending \\ | ||
+ | Theme vowels: a in non-finite form, i in finite form; the theme vowel class is a, i\\ | ||
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+ | **pisati** \\ | ||
+ | pis-a-ti: pis- is taken to be the root as it can be found in other contexts (pismo ‘letter.n’) \\ | ||
+ | pis-a-ti: -ti is the infinitival ending\\ | ||
+ | piš-e-mo: - mo is the 1st person plural ending \\ | ||
+ | But: the theme vowel e would not induce the phonological change of the root, rather this phonological change indicates that the theme vowel is -je\\ | ||
+ | Theme vowels: a in non-finite form, je in finite form; the theme vowel class is a, je\\ | ||
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+ | The general guideline for annotation and theme vowel classification was to use as few classes as possible to capture as much data as possible. Based on this, some items, which are sometimes taken to be theme vowels, were reconsidered and reanalyzed as a combination of a verbal affix and a theme vowel. We list these items for both sub-bases. | ||
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+ | **BCS** | ||
+ | - -irati, -iramo (as in kopirati, kopiramo ‘to copy, we copy’): -ir-a-ti, -ir-a-mo; theme vowel class a,a | ||
+ | - -nuti, -nemo (as in skoknuti, skoknemo ‘to jump, we jump’): -n-u-ti, | ||
+ | - -ovati, -ujemo (as in verovati, verujemo ‘to believe, we believe’): | ||
+ | - -ivati, -ujemo (as in ukazivati, ukazivamo ‘to appear, we appear’): -iv-a-ti, u-je-mo, theme vowel class a, je | ||
+ | - -vati, -jemo (as in prodavati, prodajemo ‘to sell, we sell): -v-a-ti, -je-mo; theme vowel class a, je | ||
+ | - -isati, -išemo (as in spekulisati, | ||
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+ | **Slovenian** | ||
+ | - -irati, -iramo (as in organizirati, | ||
+ | - -avati, -avamo (as in prepoznavati, | ||
+ | - -evati, -evamo (as in dozdevati, dozdevamo ‘to seem, we seem’): -ev-a-ti, -ev-a-mo; theme vowel class a, a | ||
+ | - -ja, -ja (as in pogovarjati, | ||
+ | - -niti, -nemo (as in kihniti, kihnemo ‘to sneeze, we sneeze’): -n-i-ti, -n-e-mo; theme vowel class i, e | ||
+ | - -ovati/ | ||
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+ | ===== Some special cases ===== | ||
+ | There are verbs that could be classified as belonging to several different theme classes. While this is very much a question of an adequate analysis, some (pre-theoretic) decisions were made for the purposes of the annotation. \\ | ||
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+ | a, je or ∅, e class\\ | ||
+ | Verbs with root allomorphy (e.g. klati, koljemo ‘to slaughter, we slaughter’): | ||
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+ | a, je or a, e\\ | ||
+ | In verbs with r and j in the root (e.g. orati, orjemo ‘to plough, we plough’ and smejati, smejemoSLO/ | ||
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+ | e, e or ∅,e\\ | ||
+ | For verbs which in BCS have (ij)e and in Slovenian have e in the infinitive (umr(ij)etiBCS / umretiSLO ‘to die), the past participle was also considered. If the verb have a ∅ in past participle (umr-∅-l-a ‘die.pst-ptc.fem’ in both) and e in the finite form (umr-e-mo ‘we die’), they are annotated as ∅, e verbs. This separates them from verbs, in which e also appears in the past participles (e.g. sporazumeti ‘to understand’, | ||
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