Re: Two seperate questions: Rhoticity/Topic-Comment
| From: | taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 10, 2006, 18:49 |
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* li_sasxsek@nutter.net said on 2006-12-09 15:54:36 +0100
> li [Behalf Of Adam F.] mi mi tulis la
> > These questions I have are things I've always been curious about.
> > Does anyone know why some languages have the tendency to have weak
> > rhoticity or to drop so-called "r" sounds?
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> There is also a bit of the same thing in Swedish and Norwegian, but R
> isn't just dropped. There is usually some effect on the following sound
> unlike English where there is usually some sort of change to the
> previous vowel.
To be exact, the r and the following consonant fuse into a retroflex in
some dialects (including mine), meaning some Norwegian and Swedish
dialects have a full series of retroflex consonants. Neat, huh?
t.
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