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Re: JIAL phonology and morphology

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Saturday, May 5, 2001, 16:16
Tommie L Powell scripsit:

> Excellent! That way, sentences can be spoken very rapidly > without the listener having any trouble telling where each word > begins and ends!
Well, surely a mechanical listener will have no trouble. What I'm wondering is whether *people* can apply the rules when listening.
> (And of course the CV syllables invite such rapid speech.)
Yes. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter