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Re: "Transferral" verb form in LC-01

From:Tim May <butsuri@...>
Date:Thursday, June 27, 2002, 0:58
John Cowan writes:
 > Tim May scripsit:
 >
 > > Do you know much about why final devoicing occurs?  Are there any
 > > languages with an aspirated/nonaspirated distinction which have final
 > > deaspiration?
 >
 > AFAIK the languages where asp/nonasp is dominant simply don't have
 > asp stops finally at all, though doubtless there are exceptions.
 >
Actually, a funther question, in that case;

Is the kind of link between voicing and aspiration seen in English
common?  That is, in languages where only one of these is regarded as
phonemic, is it common for the other to correlate with it to that
degree?

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John Cowan <jcowan@...>Voicing and aspiration (was: "Transferral" verb form ...)