Re: Consonant Harmony?

Isaac A. Penzev scripsit:

> << #77. Consonant Harmony Law.
> ...Consonants assimilate according to their voicing, while followed by
> a suffix with initial consonant. If the stem ends with a voiced
> consonant, the suffix begins with a voiced one too; if the stem ends
> with a voiceless consonant, the suffix begins with a voiceless one
> too.
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.

--
John Cowan       http://www.ccil.org/~cowan        <jcowan@...>
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  `Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)

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