Re: THEORY: Semivowels

Adam Parrish wrote:
>         Actually, from what I've read (and heard), [j_0] is a pretty
> consistent allophone of /j/ when preceded by an aspirated stop, as in
> putrid (= [p_hj_0uwtrid]) or cute (= [k_hj_0uwt]).
True.  And the same thing is the origin of /j_0/:

huge = /hjudZ/ = [hj_0u:dZ] --> [j_0u:dZ]

I s'pose there may be a few dialects that preserve the [h] in those
words

>         Speaking of voiceless things that usually aren't voiceless, I'm
> considering putting a rule (or, at least, a dialectical variation) into
> Doraya phonology that devoices vowels when they're between two voiceless
> consonant sounds
Hmm, interesting.  Japanese also does that, but I've never been a big
fan of voiceless vowels, since I have trouble distinguishing them, but
to each his own.

>         _tye'eska_ 'have put up for the night' [tje:ska] -> _tyehska_
> [tje_0ska]
Why write -h after the vowel, if the devoicing is predictable?

>         _tyehska_ [tje_0ska] -> _tshska_ [tSska]
>         _sehkehs_ [se_0ke_0s] -> _sks_ [sks]
Hmm, well, I don't think that [sks] could be possible, I think that a
vowel would have to find its way in there, perhaps as [ske_0s] or an
epenthetic vowel or something.  But, it's a very interesting idea,
nevertheless.  Of course, it would mean that only voiceless consonants
could form clusters.

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