Re: A "minimalist" phonology...

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Fabian wrote:

> > --- Danny Wier <dawier@...> wrote:
> >
> > > However, one could add two additional consonants to the list, from
> > > Korean (just the "single" and unaspirated consonants): c which has
> > > the
> > > value /tS/ or /ts/ or /c/, and ng = /N/.
> >
> > Footnote: ng occurs syllable-finally only.
>
> I could imagine the affricate letter 'ch' becoming /ts/ at the end of a
> syllable in certain dialects. But the standard dialect makes it /t/. Korean
> affricates are pronounced as such only in the syllable-initial position.
Yes--that puzzled me.  Danny, do you have an example of where /ts/ would
appear?  I grant I'm only really familiar with Seoul dialect, but....

> obKorean: Is the correct name for the individual glyphs that make up a
> Korean syllable a 'jamo'? I've seen teh word used in relation to korea, but
> I'm not sure exactly what it is.
Hmm.  Will look it up when life gets less crazy or ask around; I don't
recognize the word offhand.

YHL

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