Re: THEORY: Auxiliaries
| From: | Muke Tever <mktvr@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 2, 2003, 13:06 |
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From: "Arthaey Angosii" <arthaey@...>
> Emaelivpar Jean-François Colson:
> >Some examples in French:
> > "ce" in "est-ce" [Es] (= is that)
> > "je" in "puis-je" [pj<rnd>iZ] (= can I)
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> I'm guessing that <rnd> means rounding, but I've only seen rounding apply
> to vowels before. This is supposed to a rounded, palatized [p]?
Given the little I know of French, I think it's supposed to be [pHiZ], with
rounded [j], aka consonantal [y].
*Muke!
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