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Re: Just a Little Taste of Judean

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Sunday, April 11, 1999, 1:58
Steg Belsky wrote:

> "manus" (mani, manorum) > mani >> MAN > manorum >> manorm (accented on the second syllable, R = velar retroflex > approximant) >> MANO:M
You might want to watch out here: the final <-m> in <manorum> and <manum>, etc., was quite likely simply the orthographic indicator for nasalization on the preceding vowel, IIRC. So, you might actually get [mano:~] there. Ray, you're our local classicist; do you have a comment on this? :)
> "puella" (puellae, puellarum) > puellae >> /pwElaj/ >> pwela >> pfela >> PELA > puellarum >> /pwEl'aRm/ >> pfela:m >> PELA:M
Ditto from the above -- [pEla:~]. Also, how do you reason the change from [w] to [f]? I realize they're both labial, but why would it devoice like that? For most cases of [pf] I've seen, if they change, turn into fricatives, not stops. Also, the normal change was [ai] --> [e:], IIRC... not that yours must have that or anything. :) ======================================================= Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." There's nothing particularly wrong with the proletariat. It's the hamburgers of the proletariat that I have a problem with. - Alfred Wallace ========================================================