Variações alomórficas no nome em Ciyao(Yao) e Cicopi(Chope)

Abstract

In the study initiated here, we intend to make a comparative description and analysis of some allomorphic variations in the name in ciyao(yao) and cicopi(chope) that occur on the morphemic boundary that separates the noun (class) prefix and the noun radical. The comparison is aimed at understanding and examining common and specific aspects related to allomorphic realizations, inferring possible causes for the occurrence of such mutations in both languages. The main objectives of the work are (a) inventory and/or systematization, in ciyao and cicopi, of the base morphemes of the classes and the respective allomorphs that occur from the base form of each morpheme; (b) determination of the occurrence and restriction causes of certain allomorphs from the base structure of each class prefix indicator morpheme in ciyao and cicopi. For this, the description and formalization of the morphophonological processes involved in the allomorphic variations in the name in the two languages ​​under study will be made, indicating the similarities and differences in these processes. Finally, it is intended to discuss how, from a purely descriptive analysis based on linguistic data, it is possible to assess the degree of differences or similarities that exist between ciyao and cicopi, which led scholars such as Guthrie (1948) to consider them distant languages. The basic conclusion drawn from this study is that even if some differences are recognized in the way the name elision process occurs, in both languages, there are great similarities with regard to the mechanisms that follow the allomorphic variations in the name in terms of what it says. respect to the other morphophonological processes considered in this study: palatalization, labialization, assimilation and crasis.(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)