Re: THEORY: Auxiliaries

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From: "Arthaey Angosii" <arthaey@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Auxiliaries


> Emaelivpar Jean-François Colson:
> >Some examples in French:
> >   "ce" in "est-ce" [Es] (= is that)
> >   "je" in "puis-je" [pj<rnd>iZ] (= can I)
>
> I'm guessing that <rnd> means rounding, but I've only seen rounding apply
> to vowels before.
Can't semi-vowels be rounded too?

>  This is supposed to a rounded, palatized [p]?
In French there are 3 semi-vowels: [j], a voiced palatal approximant, [w], a
voiced labial-velar approximant, and [j<rnd>] (represented as a turned "h"
in IPA), a voiced labial-palatal approximant.
[j] is sometimes considered as a short [i], [w], as a short [u], and
[j<rnd>], as a short [y].