Re: THEORY: Vowel gradation

At 15:38 1.4.2004 -0500, Trebor Jung wrote:

>Which is more likely, /@, a, {/ fronting or backing? And what would /i, y,
>e, 2, @, a, {, o, u/ raise/lower to (if a vowel is high, what is its low
>counterpart, and vice versa)?
>Trebor.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Trebor1990 "If you pulled the wings off a
>fly, would it then be called a walk?"
i, lowers to e
y, lowers to 2
e, raises to i, lowers to { (if { is the 'bad' vowel &)
2, raises to y
@, lowers to a
a, raises to @
{, raises to e, lowers to a?
o, raises to u
u, lowers to o

/BP 8^)
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