\begin{tikzpicture}[>=stealth', line width=.2em] \node (weak) at (0,0) { \begin{minipage}{8em} {\large\bf Class Weak}\vspace{0.5em} \small \begin{itemize} \item long prefix {\it n(e)d-} \item typical of \emph{weak} vowel initial stems: /ǒ,ə/ \end{itemize} \end{minipage} }; \node (strong) at (10,0) { \begin{minipage}{8em} {\large\bf Class Strong}\vspace{0.5em} \small \begin{itemize} \item short prefix {\it n-} \item (historically) typical of \emph{strong} vowel initial stems: /a,e,i,o/ \end{itemize} \end{minipage} }; \node (inherent) at (20,0) { \begin{minipage}{8em} {\large\bf Class inherent}\vspace{0.5em} \small \begin{itemize} \item no suffix {\it -m} \item typical of inalienable possession \end{itemize} \end{minipage} }; \node (sentient) at (30,0) { \begin{minipage}{8em} {\large\bf Class Sentient}\vspace{0.5em} \small \begin{itemize} \item requires suffix {\it -m} \item typical of possessed nouns for humans, animals and animate plants \end{itemize} \end{minipage} }; \node (chief) at (0,-20) { \begin{minipage}{15em} {\large\bf Class Chief}\vspace{0.5em} \begin{table} \centering \begin{tabular}{lll} \rnum & \af{nd}okma\af{m} & `my chief' \\ \end{tabular} \caption{A suffix {\it -m} is required as is a long prefix. Here the initial \emph{o} is /ǒ/. These are not overabundant.} \end{table} \end{minipage} }; \node[fill=white!90] (inalienable) at (25,-20) { \begin{minipage}{15em} {\large{\bf Class Inalienable:} typical inalienable possession}\vspace{0.5em} \begin{table} \centering \begin{tabular}{lll} \rnum & \af{n}bemdakey & `my collarbone' \\ \rnum & \af{n}os & `my father' \\ \rnum & \af{n}medné & `my blanket' \\ \end{tabular} \caption{A suffix {\it -m} \emph{never} appears and the prefix is \emph{always} in the short form. Not overabundant.} \end{table} \end{minipage} }; \node (bobcat) at (5,-40) { \begin{minipage}{15em} {\large{\bf Class Bobcat:} inflects like `bobcat'}\vspace{0.5em} \begin{table} \centering \begin{tabular}{lll} \rnum & \af{n}bezhow\af{em} & `my bobcat' \\ \rnum & \af{nde}bzhow\af{em} & `my bobcat' \\ \end{tabular} \caption{A suffix {\it -m} is required but it inflects like both \emph{weak} and \emph{strong} classes.} \end{table} \end{minipage} }; \node (flag) at (20,-40) { \begin{minipage}{15em} {\large{\bf Class Flag:} inflects like `flag'}\vspace{0.5em} \begin{table} \centering \begin{tabular}{lll} \rnum & \af{nd}ekwé'wen & `my flag' \\ \rnum & \af{nd}ekwé'wen\af{em} & `my flag' \\ \end{tabular} \caption{The free stem for this is {\it kewé'wen}, because the first {\it e} was not deleted due to the rules of syncope, there should be an underlying initial weak vowel /ə/. The prefix must be long but the suffix is optional.} \end{table} \end{minipage} }; \node (general) at (10,-60) { \begin{minipage}{15em} {\large{\bf Class General:} ``$\text{inalienable}\times\textsc{flag}$''}\vspace{0.5em} \begin{table} \centering \begin{tabular}{lll} \rnum & \af{n}mowej & `my feces' \\ \rnum & \af{nde}mowj\af{em} & `my feces' \\ \rnum & \af{n}jiman & `my canoe' \\ \rnum & \af{nde}jiman & `my canoe' \\ \rnum & \af{n}dekobjegen & `my string' \\ \rnum & \af{n}dekobjegn\af{em} & `my string' \\ \end{tabular} \caption{Four forms should be possible here for each but due to data sparsity, it is difficult to find a single lexeme that has been attested for all forms.} \end{table} \end{minipage} }; \draw[->] (general) to (inalienable); \draw[->] (general) to (flag); \draw[->] (inalienable) to (inherent); \draw[->] (inalienable) to (strong); \draw[->] (flag) to (chief); \draw[->] (flag.north) to (inherent.southwest); \draw[->] (chief.north) to (sentient); \draw[->] (chief.north) to (weak); \draw[->] (bobcat.north) to (sentient); \draw[->] (bobcat.north) to (strong); \end{tikzpicture} %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: latex %%% TeX-master: t %%% End: