Re: Consonant Harmony?
| From: | Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 26, 2002, 5:23 |
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Cowan <jcowan@...>
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:35:25 -0400
Subject: Re: Consonant harmony?
> Isaac A. Penzev scripsit:
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> > << #77. Consonant Harmony Law.
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> I think that assimilation is a marginal example of harmony; for real harmony,
> I would want to see something operating over an intervening vowel, as
> vowel harmony operates over intervening consonants.
Agree 100%, but that's what _they_ call C.H. in Turkish...
Cheers,
Yitzik