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Morphophonemic Changes in Manipuri

Soibam Rebika Devi, M.A. Linguistics, M.A. Translation Studies,
M.Sc. Life Science, Ph.D. Linguistics

Abstract

An attempt is made in this paper for the first time in the grammatical history of Manipuri on the morphophonemic changes when two words or a word and an affix are joined together. Morpho-phonemic changes otherwise called Sandhi in Sanskrit and in most of the Indian Languages deal with the interaction between morphological and phonological processes and its focus is the sound changes that occur in words when they combine to form compound words. The changes may occur in the first word or in the second word or in both. This analysis of Manipuri attempts to present a series of formal rules that successfully predict the regular sound changes occurring in the language. Thirty rules are framed to account for the changes that occur in Manipuri. The rules are derived from well-established examples to substantiate.

Wherever necessary, explanations required to clear the rule formation are also given to satisfy the readers and the language as well.

Introduction

This paper attempts for the first time in the grammatical history of Manipuri to explain the morphophonemic changes that occur when two words or a word and an affix are joined together in consolidated manner. Manipuri belongs to the Kuki-Chin-Naga group of the Tibeto-Burman sub-family of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (Grierson & Konow, 1903-28). Morphophonemic changes, otherwise called ‘Sandhi’ in Sanskrit and in most of the Indian Languages, except Tamil, where it is called ‘puNarcci’, deal with the interaction between morphological and phonological processes and its focus is the sound changes that occur in words when they combine to form compound words (Sobhana, 1997). The changes may occur in the first word or in the second word or in both. Very little studies are done inM. This analysis on the Sandhi changes in Manipuri attempts to present a series of formal rules that successfully predict the regular sound changes occurring in the language.

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Soibam Rebika Devi, M.A. Linguistics, M.A. Translation Studies, M.Sc. Life Science,
Ph.D. Linguistics
Senior Resource Person
National Translation Mission
Central Institute of Indian Languages,
Manasagangotri
Mysore 570 006
Karnataka
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