This white paper presents a mathematically explicit account of Coptic grammar grounded in local dependency structure rather than global phonological segmentation.

We formalize the claim that phonological and orthographic phenomena in Coptic are defined only within bounded dependency regions (“bound groups”) and are not governed by global phonological rules.

The system is articulated using graph theory, category-theoretic language, basic lambda calculus, and minimal Lisp-style representations.

Proofs are given using hypothetical syllogisms, topetic (place-based) reasoning, and local truth conditions. We show that this architecture explains allomorphy, syllabic sonorants, orthographic variation, and manuscript diversity without appeal to abstract phoneme-level derivations.

Practical implications for parsing, annotation, and computational modeling are discussed.

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Abstract
This white paper presents a mathematically explicit account of Coptic grammar grounded in local dependency structure rather than global phonological segmentation. 

We formalize the claim that phonological and orthographic phenomena in Coptic are defined only within bounded dependency regions (“bound groups”) and are not governed by global phonological rules. 

The system is articulated using graph theory, category-theoretic language, basic lambda calculus, and minimal Lisp-style representations. 

Proofs are given using hypothetical syllogisms, topetic (place-based) reasoning, and local truth conditions. We show that this architecture explains allomorphy, syllabic sonorants, orthographic variation, and manuscript diversity without appeal to abstract phoneme-level derivations. 

Practical implications for parsing, annotation, and computational modeling are discussed.