https://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/main/zh-tw?/sign/0417talk
Root and Clitic Allomorphy in Takitudu Bunun
日期: 2023-04-17（一）10:00-12:00
主講人: 黃慧娟 副研究員
會議地點: 中央研究院語言學研究所519會議室
摘要
The goal of the present study is to tease apart the intertwining patterns of
root and clitic allomorphy in Takitudu Bunun, an endangered Northern Bunun
dialect spoken in central Taiwan. Based on both fieldwork and written
documents, it is observed that the forms of several Takitudu enclitics are
conditioned by stem-final segments while the root forms themselves alternate
between suffixed and encliticized forms. The complexities of the data raise
the questions of whether each set of the allomorphs is reducible to a single
underlying representation. An examination of relevant data reveals that while
enclitic allomorphs can be derived from a single form, multiple underlying
representations are necessary for a set of roots. The possible historical
origins of the synchronic patterns and their implications for other Bunun
dialects will also be discussed.