Re: A question on palatalization.
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 1, 2003, 14:28 |
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On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 09:55:27PM -0800, Steven Williams wrote:
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> In a number of languages, such as Japanese, Irish Gaelic and my own
> Mierii, [i] causes palatalization in preceding vowels. Is the prevailing
> tendency for [i] to cause [t] and [d] to become [t_S] and [d_Z], or to
> [c] and [J]?
I don't know if it's a prevailing tendency, but I've sure seen many
instances of it everywhere.
T
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