Seefloth's Paradigm
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Seefloth's Paradigm is a verbal inflectional paradigm reconstructed for Uralo-Siberian in 2000.
Evidence
For Northern Samoyedic, the following paradigm can be reconstructed:
| Intransitive | Sg. object | Du. object | Pl. object | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg. | -m | -mə | -kVj-i-nə | -i-nə |
| 2sg. | -n(-tə) | -rə (< -tə) | -kVj-i-tə | -i-tə (< -i-t-tə) |
| 3sg. | -0 | -ta (< -sa) | -kVj-i-ta | -i-ta (< -i-sa) |
| 1du. | -mi-ñ | -mi-ñ | -kCj-i-ni-ñ | -i-ni-ñ |
| 2du. | -ti-ñ | -ti-ñ | -kCj-i-ti-ñ | -i-ti-ñ |
| 3du. | -kə-ñ | -ti-ñ (< -si-ñ) | -kVj-i-ti-ñ | -i-ti-ñ (< -i-si-ñ) |
| 1pl. | -ma-t | -ma-t | -kVj-i-na-t | -i-na-t |
| 2pl. | -ta-t | -ta-t | -kVj-i-ta-t | -i-ta-t |
| 3pl. | 0-t | -to-n (< -so-n) | -kVj-i-to-n | -i-to-n (< -i-so-n) |
A very similar paradigm can be reconstructed for Proto-Eskumo-Aleut:
| Intransitive | Sg. object | Du. object | Pl. object | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg. | -[tk]-m-ka | -[m]-ka | -k-[m]-ka | -t-[m]-ka |
| 2sg. | -[tk]-ən | -n | -kə-n | -tə-n |
| 3sg. | -0 | -sa | -k | -i-sa |
| 1du. | -[tk]-mə-k | -mə-k | -k-mə-k | (=sg.) |
| 2du. | -[tk]-tə-k | -tə-k | -k-tə-k | (=sg.) |
| 3du. | -0-k | -sa-k | -kə-k | -i-sa-k |
| 1pl. | -[tk]-mə-t | -mə-t | -k-mə-t | (=sg.) |
| 2pl. | -[tk]-tə-t | -tə-t | -k-tə-t | (=sg.) |
| 3pl. | -0-t | -sa-t | -kə-t | -i-sa-t |
Sources
- Seefloth, Uwe. 2000. "Die Entstehung polypersonaler Paradigmen im Uralo-Sibirischen." Zentralasiatische Studien 30, 163-191.
- Rasmussen, Jens Elmegård. 2003. Re: Nominative: A hybrid view.
