Re: THEORY: Allophones

Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:8
>=20
> FFlores wrote:
> > In this particular case, I have a daughter of Drasel=E9q,
> > Curco, where /v/ has the allophones [v] and [w] (the
> > latter when syllable-final), and there's also /w/ as
> > a different phoneme.
>=20
> Here's my question, can the allophone /w/ occur in syllable-final
> position?  If so, then what you have is a phonological rule that /v/ --=
>
> /w/ when syllable-final.  If not ... well, I still think that that case
> would be a phonological rule that /v/ --> /w/, but I'm not entirely sur=
e
> there.
Maybe you're right and I'm confusing the terms. I guess
I'm trying to make a distinction between syllable-final
/w/ (that *does* exist) and syllable-final /v/ realized
as [w]. I mean, if you have two roots /tav/ and /taw/
and you use them as words, both are pronounced [taw],
but if you inflect them by adding /es/ you have [taves]
and [tawes] respectively. This is also an orthographic
problem. I'll probably have to use <u> for syllable-final
/v/ =3D [w], and <w> for syllable-final /w/.


--Pablo Flores

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