Re: Q (Caucasian Elf)
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 26, 2001, 21:08 |
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> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:03:15 -0500
> From: Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
> >Swedish, Norwegian and Danish so have length distinctions. In Swedish
> >and Norwegian you might argue that it's conditioned by the following
> >consonant, but in Danish it's firmly phonemic.
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> Of, course, most people will tell you it's the other way around in Swedish
> and Norwegian; in the modern languages long consonants are mere allophones
> of the short ones that reliably occure after short, stressed vowels.
Yes --- but there's room for interpretation.
In Danish, there are no long consonants, not even phonetically. Even
though some spelling patterns might lead you to believe it.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)