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Re: /s/ -> /h/ [was: Re: Betreft: Re: k(w)->p]

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, January 31, 2000, 11:40
At 01:17 29/01/00 -0600, you wrote:
 Still, I don't
>understand what exactly separates vowels from consonants, and how /h/ could >be vocalic. >
The problem of phonology is that it tries to discretize a domain which is heavily continue. There is a continuum of various dimensions of possibly pronounced sounds, so purely discrete descriptions will always miss something. You just have to know those limits of method, and try to do with them. Christophe Grandsire |Sela Jemufan Atlinan C.G. "Reality is just another point of view." homepage : http://rainbow.conlang.org