Re: Some Boreanesian Phonological History

> Date:         Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:25:12 +0100
> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg?= Rhiemeier <joerg.rhiemeier@...>
>
> Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...> writes [reordered by LM]:
> > Autosegmentally this is:
> >
> >    F   R LF        F  R LF
> >    |   /\||        | /|\||
> >    s + pkay     > sipukway
> >
> >    H   R LF        H  R LF
> >    |   /\||        | /|\||
> >    T + pkay     > T@pukway
> >
> >        R LF          R  LF
> >        /\||        ///\\||
> >    d + pkay     > dupukway
>
> One moment.  /s/ and /T/ are both laminal, aren't they?  So why
> do they yield different epenthetic vowels?  Is there still
> another rule I have missed?
As I read this, the s carries the feature F (front) which cannot be
expressed on /s/ itself, so it goes on the following epenthetic vowel.

The T carries the feature H (high?) which has to move onto a vowel as
well, but happens to do nothing to the epenthetic vowel /@/. But being
there, it prevents the R feature from spreading back into that slot.

And finally, the d carries no autosegmental feature, requiring the
other features to cover the whole phonological word.

> It has almost developed into a private thread between us two
> (everybody who reads this is invited to join); well, it is pretty
> advanced theory-heavy matter that probably baffles quite a number of
> list members.  But it is highly interesting stuff which inspires me to
> experiment with phonology as well.
Well, I think it's been very interesting to follow too. Please don't
take it private.

Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)

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