Re: Ubykh suspicions (was brz reloaded!)
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 13:06 |
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:47:45 -0400, Shreyas Sampat <ssampat@...>
wrote:
> That was a really confusing sentence! In other words:
>
> If C conditions V:
> ...V + C1... > ...V1C1...
> ...V + C2... > ...V2C2...
> *...V1 + C... > ...V1C1...
> *...V2 + C... > ...V2C2...
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> and the reverse pattern of starring if V > C.
Well, that's just it. How do you tell those two patterns apart?
To me, /1/ + /C/ > /iC/ is isomorphic with /i/ + /k/ > /iC/ (absent any
other data), and that's the crux of the biscuit for Ubykh: only certain
vowel and consonant combinations (I think it's CV rather than VC) are
allowed. I lack an understanding of how it can be proven one way or the
other.
Paul
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