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Re: Optimum number of symbols

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, May 24, 2002, 19:03
Thomas R. Wier scripsit:

> (A) alternating root-final plosive: > [kanat] 'wing' [kanadM] 'wing-ACC' > [kanatlar] 'wing-PL' [kanadMm] 'wing-1Sg' > (B) nonalternating voiceless plosive: > [sanat] 'art' [sanatM] 'art-ACC' > [sanatlar] 'art-PL' [sanatMm] 'art-1Sg' > (C) nonalternating voiced plosive: > [etyd] 'etude' [etydy] 'etude-ACC' > [etydler] 'etude-PL' [etydym] 'etude-1Sg'
My analysis is that (A) is /d/, (B) is /t/, and (C) is a funky borrowing from French that breaks the rules. Nobody says that Turkish doesn't have vowel harmony, e.g., just because there are Fremdworter with non-harmonic stems. Also, is it possible that some people say [etyt] after all? I remember reading that although the official pron. is [klyb], many people say [kylyb] instead, thus preserving the Altaic rule against clusters. -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

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