Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: THEORY: Question: Bound Morphemes

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 6, 1999, 3:20
"Raymond A. Brown" wrote:
> And in > some English dialects one comes forms like /tapl/ or /Tapl/ (yes - the > sounds are voiceless) for standard English /DI'&pl/ "the apple".
Interesting. I remember reading an excerpt from a legal document in Middle English containing the line "The kyng by =FEadvise and assent of the lordes spirituell and temporell ..." (=FE =3D thorn), but I didn't kn= ow if there were modern examples of that. Incidentally, I say /D@'?&pl=3D/ --=20 "If all Printers were determin'd not to print any thing till they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed" - Benjamin Franklin http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor