Re: Some Boreanesian Phonological History

Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...> writes:

> Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
>
> > > [...]
> >
> > 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.
>
> Lars Henrik's interpretation is exactly how I intended it to be understood.
So, the autosegments are attached to the consonants, but are expressed
via the epenthetic vowels.  But why do the two consonants carry
different autosegments in the first place?  This still hasn't become
clear.

> Although, Jörg is correct in saying that the following is much clearer:
>
>     F   R LF        F  R LF
>     |   /\||        | /|\||
>    si + pkay     > sipukway
>
>     H   R LF        H  R LF
>     |   /\||        | /|\||
>    T@ + pkay     > T@pukway
Yes, it is clearer, but does it reflect the actual situation?

Jörg.