Re: Some Boreanesian Phonological History

Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
> > 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.
Lars Henrik's interpretation is exactly how I intended it to be understood.
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

-kristian- 8)