Gumuz Verb Morphology
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1991-08
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This pa per presents the ana lysis of Gumuz verb morphology. The paper
consists of four par ts . The first part pr esents a brief description of the language ,
the people , t he review o f the lit er a ture along with the objective and me thod
of the study. The second part deals with the phonology of Gumuz, in which
39 consonant and 5 vowel phonemes are identified. The syllable structure , the
clusters , the suprasegmetal phoneme , t one , are discussed . The
morphophonological proc esses that the a ffix e s under go are also pre se nted.
The third part of the p aper is concerend with the verb infl e ctions of t he
categories person, number, tense , aspect, mood and polarity. In this section
several pr efixes and suffixes are identified and described. It was found out
that all forms of verbs are r egular, e xcept the verb to be . The fourth part
summarizes what has been discussed in the preceding sect ions.
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ana lysis of Gumuz verb morphology