figures/potawatomi/classes-sentient.tex

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\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 (sentient) at (20,0) {
\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 (strong) at (40,0) {
\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 (chief) at (0,-12) {
\begin{minipage}{10em}
{\large\bf Class Chief}\vspace{0.5em}
\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ll}
\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[draw,ellipse] (ellipse) at (40,-13) {
\begin{minipage}{10em}
\centering
The edges represent a partial order on these classes. There is
no ``inheritance'' in this framework. The order is relational.
\end{minipage}
};
\node (bobcat) at (20,-15) {
\begin{minipage}{15em}
{\large\bf Class 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}
};
\draw[->] (chief.north) to (sentient);
\draw[->] (chief.north) to (weak);
\draw[->] (bobcat) to (chief);
\draw[->] (bobcat) to (strong);
\end{tikzpicture}
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